In After Apple-Picking, Robert Frost uses various metaphors as a way to compare the things in life to apple picking, allowing the reader to see his work from numerous perspectives. Frost's metaphors are used in the themes of comparisons, senses, and weariness. Frost uses analogies throughout the poem to allow the reader to see the apple picker and his work beyond just picking apples. His use of imagery effectively takes the reader on the journey of the apple picker's life. His metaphors draw the reader in because they are things we all experience in life. The speaker also describes other comparisons using his five senses. In lines 10-11 he says "I cannot erase from my sight the strangeness I have obtained by looking through a sheet of glass." He is comparing the blurring of his vision to the sight he sees through a sheet of glass. In lines 33-34 he says "there were ten thousand thousand fruits to touch." He is comparing all the fruit to be touched to all the things to be accomplished in life. In lines 10-11 the speaker feels like he is starting to doze off. He has been feeling drowsy ever since he looked through the glass pane. As he looked through the glass pane his vision became distorted, and even after rubbing his eyes his vision still appears distorted. This gives him a different perspective of his surroundings. The speaker actually thinks back on his day and is dreaming. He begins to dream of apples. The speaker talks about many fruits to be harvested. All the “fruits to touch” are all the things to be accomplished in life. He feels a lot of pressure to achieve all the things he wants in life. He doesn't want to fail and let those "apples" slip away from his hands. All the fallen “apples” no longer matter now. The talk... middle of paper... sleep known as hibernation. After hibernation is over, the groundhog usually reappears in early or spring. You can look at it two ways. The speaker compares his sleep to the hibernation of a groundhog. After the groundhogs "sleep", they will wake up to a new beautiful beginning or spring. The speaker's sleep is death and his beautiful new beginning is heaven. Frost's use of metaphors and imagery makes the reader feel as if they have actually embarked on the apple picker's journey of life. His analogies are so realistic. After reading this poem, the reader is able to see the poem beyond the journey from life to death of an apple picker. His metaphors speak to the reader because his work represents full life experiences that the reader can relate to. After reading this poem you feel as if you know the apple picker, as if the apple picker could be you.