s that are harvested, the apples of no value that have fallen to the ground and the apples that were missed and still remain on the tree. These represent the successes, failures and those goals yet to be accomplished in life. The year or the apple harvest represents the life of a man, the four seasons symbolizing the stages in human life. Life begins with spring, the summer and autumn seasons are the growing and maturing part of life followed by winter, which represents the end of the apple harvest and end of life. The use of metaphors and symbolism allows the poetry to make this connection for the re
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