Answer:
The winter setting develops the theme of finality and the realization that an end draws near.
Explanation:
According to a different source, these are the passage and the options that come with this question:
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
And held against the world of hoary grass.
It melted, and I let it fall and break
But I was well
- The orchard setting develops the theme that abundance is available if one only looks for it.
- The outdoor setting develops the theme that nature is a gift to be cherished and appreciated.
- The winter setting develops the theme of finality and the realization that an end draws near.
- The rustic setting develops the theme that being alone can be a powerful and healing force.
This question refers to the poem "After Apple Picking" by Robert Frost. In this poem, the author reflects on an important part of the rural New England experience, which is the process of apple-picking, The speaker describes how he performed this picking during the previous season, but also that the picking is done now. He tells us that the time for picking has passed, as winter is almost here. The setting of the arriving winter contributes to developing the idea of finality and end.
