I believe that no matter what occupation people have or what career people choose, they should live their life doing what makes them happy. Robert Frost seems to have the same mindset, according to his poem "After Apple-Picking." Through the use of symbolism, Frost conveys a message of living life to the fullest.
In Frost's poem he uses symbolism to talk about living life without regrets. I completely agree with him, because no one wants to live life dwelling on past experiences and wondering, "what if." Frost says, "And there's a barrel that I didn't fill/ beside it, and there may be two or three/ apples I didn't pick upon some bough"(l. 3-5). The speaker is re evaluating his life and is looking back on all of the opportunities he missed out on. The barrels symbolize activities that he could have done but chose not to, and the apples symbolize missed opportunities that could have changed his life.
The author also lets us know, using symbolism, that his time on Earth is coming to an end. In this poem Frost states, "I am done with apple-picking now/ The essence of winter sleep is on the night/ The scent of apples: I am drowsing off." Frost uses apple-picking as his life and sleep as death. He is done with "apple-picking," "sleep" is on the night, and he is "drowsing off." The speaker is aware that he is approaching death.
Frost uses symbolism in his poem "After Apple-Picking" to say that people should do what makes them happy and live as if money were no object. If I could do anything that I wanted without worrying about money, I would be a marine biologist. I could benefit society by discovering new herbs and undersea plants that could make products from antibiotics to cures for major diseases and give the vaccine to people for free. I would travel to many different parts of the world and see the beautiful mysteries of the ocean. This is what I would do to be happy and do what I love without worrying about regrets or income.
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