After Apple-Picking

Poetry | Robert Frost

What does the speaker of “After Apple-Picking” foretell about his dreaming?

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What does the speaker of After Apple-Picking foretell about his dreaming NU Robert Frost s - poem After Apple-Picking tells the story of a tired apple-picker at the end of harvest The speaker is exhausted and he feels himself falling into sleep He also tries to foretell what kind of dreams will come to him Dreams of Apples and Work The speaker says he is done with apple-picking now Though there are more apples on the trees he will not work anymore He feels very tired after a long day of work But the work still fills his mind As he drifts into sleep he can already imagine what his dreams will be He foresees that apples will appear and disappear in his dreams He sees them magnified with every detail clear Magnified apples appear and disappear He even feels the ache in his feet from standing long hours on

the ladder He imagines hearing the rumbling sound of apples being stored in the cellar bin And I keep hearing The rumbling sound Of load on load of apples coming in This means his sleep will be troubled by the memories of his tiring work Restlessness The speaker feels so tired that he wonders about the kind of sleep he will have He thinks about whether his sleep will be a long peaceful sleep of a woodchuck in hibernation or a restless troubled sleep of a human being He feels that his sleep will not be peaceful because his mind is still busy with thoughts of apples and work In short the speaker foretells that his dreams will be full of apples ladders and the aches of harvest He thinks that his long day of work and tiredness will also affect his sleep

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