Robert Frost's poem Apple-picking really strikes me as a poem about morality. I think the whole poem represents life. He mentions the ladder sticking up through a tree towards Heaven. This symbolizes that life (apple-picking) is all about getting to Heaven and spending eternity with God. "There may be two or three apples I didn't pick.." may represent the choices someone makes in their lifetime. Either they chose not to do something for the good, or they missed out on some great opportunity. The speaker also talks about "sleep" after a long day's worth of apple-picking. This sleep may foreshadow the eternal sleep given to one when they complete life on earth.
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