Through giving the birches a voice, it offers a direct commentary on societal issues which disrupts the pastoral setting.

By attributing human emotions to nature, it creates confusion between characters and setting that weakens thematic development.

Through personifying the trees, it shifts focus away from the speaker’s thoughts to an ecological message about forests.

By imbuing the trees with human-like qualities, it bridges the natural world and human experience to deepen the reflection on life’s cycles.