Title of the poem Apple-picking

After Apple-picking :
  Literal meaning _ Apple-picking means  plucking apples  or   harvesting apples.

The title refers to the  condition of the narrator after he finished the task of picking apples of a particular tree. He records his experience of picking apples in the poem. He says that Apple-picking was very painful and hectic.

Metaphorical meaning :  Apples may here refer to the poems or duties in the life of the narrator. So, he describes in the poem  his condition or state after he fulfilled the duties in his life or after he retired from composing poetry.
After picking the whatever apples in his life , he feels disappointed and pessimistic like all other thoughtful human beings nearing their deaths. He is worried about his next life. He is not sure what lies in store for him. He has fulfilled his job (whatever it was) and now he thinks of his future whether his future is easy or hard or whether there is any future at all.
He represents here all those people who are skeptical about life-hereafter or feel mostly regretful over the way they have led their lives.He doesn't seem very happy about the gift of life and is reluctantly waiting for his death.

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