"After Apple-Picking"
1.The irony of the lines show how the speaker has become very sick of his job of apple picking.
The reason I think you may have been drawn to this line so much is because even though you have wanted to teach for so long, since high school, you may have grown dissatisfied or bored of the repetitiveness of teaching over the years.
I think the apples symbolize the years that the speaker has grown sick and tired of the repetitive work he has done. He is worn out of the same o same o environment. 2. Frost mentions the woodchuck at the end of the story because he is tired of his apple picking job and since woodchucks hibernate, symbolic to vacationing, this is his only way to escape the picking of apples for a while. …show more content…
Also during this time of "long sleep", you are saving energy and getting prepared for the next phase, while on the other hand "human sleep", most of the time, is just for some hours.
The speaker's dream at the beginning of the poem when he is about to fall asleep can be characterized by "human sleep" because he is still using energy to imagine that he is back at his job picking apples. 3.The speaker's ladder is pointing "Toward heaven still" shows a reality of religious association just like the ladder that was used in the Bible. It can be a bridge from heaven and earth. Also, the use of it show that the speaker is turning to God for help with getting his job done.
The poem takes place in a winter setting to show growth and change. The winter represents that things in life can have and sometimes will always have an ending point and die off, like his dissatisfaction with picking apples. On the other hand, the change during the winter can be seen as rebirth or a period of when things will regrow and prepare for a new phase, like
1.The irony of the lines show how the speaker has become very sick of his job of apple picking.
The reason I think you may have been drawn to this line so much is because even though you have wanted to teach for so long, since high school, you may have grown dissatisfied or bored of the repetitiveness of teaching over the years.
I think the apples symbolize the years that the speaker has grown sick and tired of the repetitive work he has done. He is worn out of the same o same o environment. 2. Frost mentions the woodchuck at the end of the story because he is tired of his apple picking job and since woodchucks hibernate, symbolic to vacationing, this is his only way to escape the picking of apples for a while. …show more content…
Also during this time of "long sleep", you are saving energy and getting prepared for the next phase, while on the other hand "human sleep", most of the time, is just for some hours.
The speaker's dream at the beginning of the poem when he is about to fall asleep can be characterized by "human sleep" because he is still using energy to imagine that he is back at his job picking apples. 3.The speaker's ladder is pointing "Toward heaven still" shows a reality of religious association just like the ladder that was used in the Bible. It can be a bridge from heaven and earth. Also, the use of it show that the speaker is turning to God for help with getting his job done.
The poem takes place in a winter setting to show growth and change. The winter represents that things in life can have and sometimes will always have an ending point and die off, like his dissatisfaction with picking apples. On the other hand, the change during the winter can be seen as rebirth or a period of when things will regrow and prepare for a new phase, like