After Apple-Picking

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"After Apple-Picking" is a contemplative poem by Robert Frost that reflects on labor, dreams, and the approach of mortality through the seasonal imagery of apple harvesting.

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instanceOf literary work
poem
author Robert Frost
collection North of Boston
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1914
firstPublishedIn North of Boston
form irregular verse
genre lyric poetry
imagery apple harvesting
sleep and dreaming
winter
language English
literaryDevice alliteration
assonance
enjambment
imagery
metaphor
symbolism
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
meter mixed meter
narrativePerspective first-person
originalLanguage English
partOf Robert Frost’s early major works
rhymeScheme irregular rhyme scheme
setting apple orchard
speakerOccupation apple picker
subjectOf literary criticism
symbol apples
barrel
harvest
ladder
sleep
woodchuck
symbolicMeaning apples symbolize life’s tasks and achievements
harvest represents the culmination of life’s work
sleep suggests death or deep rest
theme dreams
fatigue
labor
mortality
sleep
the approach of death
the boundary between reality and dreams
the passage of time
the relationship between work and rest
tone contemplative
meditative
melancholic

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Robert Frost notableWork After Apple-Picking
North of Boston containsPoem After Apple-Picking