"After Apple Picking"

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This paper discusses Robert Frost's poem "After Apple Picking." The paper suggests that "After Apple Picking" is Robert Frost's response to the biblical story of the Garden of Eden, as the poem suggests that desire and free will seem more treacherous than they actually are. It describes these themes throughout the poem and how the use of the narrator telling the story is effective in portraying them.

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"His daydreaming also signals a need for change, which is as natural as the changing of the seasons. Apple harvests usually occur at the end of summer, a time of transition. Autumn and winter, suggest the narrator, are not fearsome. They are the natural products of a successful, rich, and ripe summer. After his daydreaming on the ladder the narrator realizes that his apple-picking did not meet his expectations but he does not harbor any remorse. Frost suggests that desire fuels all human activity and creative enterprise, and even when the endeavor is of "no worth" it has intrinsic value as a personal learning experience."

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