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Question no. 28937

“After Apple Picking” was authored by_______________?

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Answer: B. Robert Frost

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Robert Frost wrote the celebrated modernist poem After Apple-Picking, exploring themes of exhaustion and introspection. The poem uses the mundane agricultural task of harvesting fruit as a metaphor for deep mental weariness. Its enduring popularity cements Frost's status as a master of American poetry and traditional verse forms. Robert Frost was a renowned American poet celebrated for his realistic depictions of rural New England life. His poetry frequently combined traditional metrical structures with vernacular speech patterns and philosophical depth. After Apple-Picking was published in his nineteen fourteen collection titled North of Boston.

Robert Browning was a Victorian English poet famous for dramatic monologues rather than New England pastoral verse. Choosing both authors is incorrect because Robert Browning did not write this specific American modernist poem. Selecting none of these is incorrect since Robert Frost is explicitly named as the correct author option.

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