1·Think, in "Birches," of really the extraordinary play of language, the freedom of association, all of which is being played off of the strict demands of the meter, at every moment.
想想，“桦树“，是无与伦比的对语言的把玩，自由的结合，所有这些都在格律诗严格的要求下自由地被使用着，每时每刻。
2·Let's illustrate these general points by just reading together and trying to hear the beginning of Robert Frost's poem "Birches," on page 211 in The Norton.
让我们解释这个笼统的观点通过一起读诗,尝试去听罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗“桦树“,在211页，诺顿。
3·It was early May. In some of the gardens the fruit trees were encircled with dense clusters of daffodils. The birches were already in pale green leaf.
此时正是五月初，有些花园里的果树上密密地缠绕着束束水仙，桦树的树叶已呈暗绿。
4·The trees were silver birches, four of them.
树是银色树皮的桦树，一共四棵。
5·The crag of birches running the sky's gray.
一排桦树在灰色天空下闪过。