After Apple-Picking

Poetry is probably the most vivid way people express their overwhelming emotions. Robert Frost is a very intrinsic thinker in the poem, “After Apple-Picking”. An intrinsic person means a person who reaches their goals because of person value and worth. The opposite of intrinsic is extrinsic. Extrinsic people focus more on power, fame, and glory. Through the use of imagery, Robert Frost conveys the message that people should always do what they love and follow their dreams and aspirations, no matter the trials or circumstances.
Frost uses quotes and an elaborate terminology to expand the readers’ mindsets in this piece of writing. For instance, Frost states, “The scent of apples: I am drowsing off” (l. 8). This quote has a way of forming a clear image in a readers’ mind of an exaggerated smell of sweet apples. It is such an amazing, sustainable smell that is overcoming him; it causes him to become so peaceful in the mist of it. I believe Frost says this to make his readers transfer into a certain mood so they can become really in tune with the poem by feeling the poem with their other senses.
Frost also uses some harsh, graphic words, which also makes us imagine how much he loves what he does. Frost says, “My instep arch not only keeps the ache, / It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round. / I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend (l. 21-23).” Frost is displaying his love and commitment to apple picking. By using terms like pressure, sway, and ache he is conveying to his readers’ that even though he is in pain and sore, he will continue to pick his apples because he is aware of the ending season. By using those terms, the readers’ should be visualizing a man standing flat-footed on an old ladder, with his legs shaking from pain. The readers’ should be able to see a man with a look of persistence in his eyes.
In this whole story Frost wants us to understand that this man loved what he did for a living. No matter how hard it was, he still did what he loved and what satisfied him. Things like this are important because we would never want to be stuck doing something we hate for the rest of our life, just because it is high paying. If money were no object in this lifetime, I would defiantly enjoy being a motivational or inspirational speaker. I love to have long, drawn out, meticulous conversations. A motivational speaker is someone who aims to instill motivation in his or her audience. Many times, the speaker uses a very energetic manner to help encourage the audience to act. Public speaking skills will be the key tool of any motivational speaker to rouse the audience and encourage them to adopt the speaker’s point of view. Examples of motivational speakers are; Martin Luther King Jr., The President, Gandhi, Malcolm X.