"After Apple-Picking" is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. It was published in '' North of Boston'', Frost's second poetry collection. The poem does not conform strictly to a particular form, though it is loosely

iambic pentameter Iambic pentameter () is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term describes the rhythm, or meter, established by the words in that line; rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables called " feet". "Iam ...

Summary

The poem describes a pastoral scene of New England life in autumn, characteristic of Frost's early work. The narrator is recalling his day spent picking apples on a ladder as he falls asleep. Scholarly interpretation of the poem often focuses on themes of

sleep Sleep is a sedentary state of mind and body. It is characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a de ...

dream A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...

ing, and the somber conclusion to the piece, in which the narrator wonders if his oncoming sleep is a normal slumber, or a "long sleep." It has 42 lines.

References

{{Robert Frost Robert Frost Poetry by Robert Frost Modernist poems American poems 1914 poems