Passage Video
On page 2 of the Passage, read lines 30-31 of the
poem. Which meaning is suggested by the
author's use of language in these lines?
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet whose work
earned him four Pulitzer Prizes. Most of his poetry depicts
rural life in New England.
"After Apple Picking"
by Robert Frost
The apples symbolize all of the speaker's life
experiences, suggesting that each one requires
attention and care,
The apples represent all of the speaker's friends
and family, suggesting that he did his best to
support them.
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a troo
Toward heaven still
And there's a barrel that I didn't till
Beside it, and there may be two or throo
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with applo-picking now.
Essence of winter sloep is on the night
The scent of apples: am drowsing off
I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pano of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
And hold against the world of hoary grass.
It molted, and I lot it fall and break
But I was well
The apples suggest the speaker believes he is
good at what he does, despite the fact that many
do not appreciate him.
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The apples signify the number of hours the speaker
has contributed to the harvest, as he realizes he
still has hours of work ahead,