After Apple-Picking
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Robert Frost
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After Apple-Picking
By Robert Frost (1874-1963)
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
I cannot rub the strangeness from my si...
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Detailed Summary – After Apple Picking by Robert Frost
The Tired Apple Picker: The poem begins with the speaker standing beside his ladder after a long day of apple picking. He is very tired. His ladder points toward heaven. it shows how tall the trees are. He can still smell the sweet scent of apples and the fresh scent of the orchard. His hands and body are stiff and hurting from work. He feels...
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Characters:
The Speaker (Poetic Persona): The speaker is a tired apple picker. He has worked long and now feels sleepy. He stands between dream and wakefulness. He thinks about his work, life, and rest. His words show deep thought and weariness.
The Woodchuck: The woodchuck is a small creature mentioned at the end. It sleeps all winter. The speaker wonders if his own sleep will be like the woodchu...
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Figures of Speech:
Metaphor: The ladder reaching “toward heaven” stands for human dreams and spiritual aims.
Symbolism: Apples symbolize life, work, and rewards. The sleep symbolizes death or eternal rest.
Imagery: Frost creates clear pictures, like “magnified apples” and “essence of winter sleep,” that appeal to the senses.
Personification: The sleep and season seem alive, acting with hu...
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Themes
Worry, Work, and Sleep: After Apple-Picking shows the tired mind of a worker after a long day in the orchard. The speaker is half awake, half asleep, thinking of the apples still unpicked. He feels the pressure of work even in rest. His thoughts mix dreams and worries. Sleep here is not peaceful. It feels heavy and troubled. Frost shows how human beings often carry their day’s worries into...
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Quotes
“My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still.”
Explanation: The ladder reaching “toward heaven” shows the speaker’s dream, effort, and longing for something higher. It can mean both human ambition and the journey of life itself.
“For I have had too much
Of apple-picking.”
Explanation: The speaker expresses deep exhaustion. The line reflects human wearines...
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