William Carlos Williams' poem "The Corn Harvest" is a poem of short lines which describes a worker resting comfortably under the shade of a tree. Robert Frost's poem "After Apple Picking" also describes a worker resting after a long day's work of picking apples.
The given excerpt from both poems describe how the worker(s) needs rest after the heavy work they had been doing. Both poems/ excerpts show the need of a deserved rest of the corn harvester and the apple picker.
