Everyone has intrinsic and
extrinsic motivations in life. Intrinsic means internal motivation and
extrinsic meaning external motivation. The decision to follow your intrinsic or
extrinsic values is personally deciding which one is more important in life. In
the poem “After Apple Picking” Robert Frost dives into a deeper meaning of
goals in life. Through the use of imagery, Frost not only creates pictures of
the hard and strenuous work the narrator does, but also the outcome of all the
hard work in life.
Frost’s
use of imagery in the poem gives the reader a mental image of the hard work the
narrator experiences. For example, Frost states “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). In these lines the deeper meaning of what Frost
indirectly states that the narrator feels the aching in his feet from working
tirelessly all day. He also puts detail into explaining the feel of the latter
swaying underneath his feet and feeling the latter bend as he stands on it all
day. This is just one explanation of the strenuous work the narrator does.
Frost
also uses imagery to explain how all of the hard work has affected him, and the
choices he made in life. In the poem Frost states “For I have had too much/Of
apple-picking: I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.” (l.
27-29) This is explain how the narrator is exhausted by the goals he wants to
achieve in his life. He could possibly be stressed out by trying and trying by
never fulfilling his want or need before his time is over.
As
stated before, Robert Frost digs deep into searching for what people really
want out of life. He makes his readers think about the want or need in a
persons life and asks them the question “What do you love to do in life?” If I
had to choose something to do for the rest of my life, I would choose writing.
I love to write anything; poems, lyrics, but mostly stories. That would be the
one thing I would do if money were no object.