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Robert FrostAfter Apple-Picking
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Answers
1. A. Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line. When reading Lines 4-5, the reader is meant to continue without pause from “two or three / Apples I didn’t […].”
2. B. Frost’s poem is frequently interpreted as an old man reflecting on his life as he faces death. When paired with other context clues (see Lines 6, 13, 38-42), this is a plausible interpretation.
3. B. Every apple picked is an opportunity taken, and every apple not picked is an opportunity not taken. This idea is supported in Lines 5-6 and 30-36.
4. C. The tone of the poem is both anxious, as seen in the farmer’s diction in Lines 3-5, 9-13, and 27-31, and contemplative, as seen in Lines 9-17 and 37-42.
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