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Complete the following sentence by providing a reason:
Towards the end of the poem Birches, the poet expresses a wish to return to Earth because ______.
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Solution
Towards the end of the poem Birches, the poet expresses a wish to return to Earth because facing the reality is necessary as time never stops and change in the only constant.
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