Question

In "After Apple-Picking" by Robert Frost, what does the phrase "winter sleep" in line 7 symbolize?

Answer 1

The phrase "winter sleep" symbolizes an ending - to the apple-picking season, to the harvest itself, and quite possibly, the death of the apple picker. The exact meaning of the sleeping theme is never clearly revealed by Frost. The reader is left to ponder, much like the apple-picker himself, over which type of the sleep the man is about to experience - one of rejuvenation, one of reinvention, or the dark and inevitable final sleep(death).

Answer 2

The phrase "winter sleep" symbolizes an ending to the apple-picking season.

• The expression "winter sleep" symbolizes the end of the apple harvest season.

• The exact meaning of the sleeping subject is never clearly revealed by Frost. Readers must think about what kind of sleep a man is trying to experience, just like Apple Picker himself.

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