he just longs to revisit his childhood days, where hislife was peaceful, fun, and carefree. He does not want to just simply die,but "die, and be reborn again." He is not rejecting earth, because he likesearth and all that it has to offer. "Earth's the right place for love:/ Idon't know where it's likely to go better." Although he has grown up, he isstill a part of this fantasy world that he would be content "climbing"birches his entire life. He uses the image that the top of the treesrepresent heaven, and the more he climbs the closer he is to reaching hisdream. However, he does not want to reach heaven right this instant, so thebending of the tree would send him back down to earth, or reality. "Butdipped its top and set me down again/ That would be good both going andcoming." But he would be perfectly content with his life being a "swingerof birches."...
