"After Apple-Picking" by Robert Frost

Which quote from the poem explains why the speaker left the ladder and bucket by the tree?

• "And there's a barrel that I didn't fill."
• "But I was well / Upon my way to sleep before it fell."
• "I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend."
• "I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired."

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Based on line 7, what does the word essence tell the reader?

• There are things that the speaker wanted to see through the windows.
• The odor of the picked apples is pleasant to the speaker.
• There are classic signs of winter all around the speaker.
• The job of picking apples seems to be never-ending.

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In line 9, what is meant by the phrase, "I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight."

• The speaker's sleepy state is bringing back visions from earlier in the day.
• The speaker's eyes were irritated when he looked out the window.
• The speaker's eyes were irritated after being outside in the snow.
• The speaker did not like seeing the apples, buckets, and barrels.

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What is meant by lines 21 and 22?

• The speaker's feet are balanced on the rungs of the ladder.
• In his dream, the speaker still feels the rungs of the ladder.
• The speaker is holding onto the ladder with both of his hands.
• On the ladder, the speaker is trying to climb on the shaky rungs.

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How does line 34 help the reader define the word stubble?

• The word bruised shows that something is injured.
• The word spiked shows that it is something sharp and pointed.
• The word bruised shows that the piece of fruit has rotted away.
• The word spiked shows that it is something to be thrown a long distance.

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Which line from the poem suggests the speaker wants to rest from apple picking?

• "And there's a barrel I didn't fill."
• "And I could tell / What form my dreaming was about to take."
• "I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend."
• "I am overtired / of the great harvest"

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