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Berry Picking Poem Meaning
There's an old saying, "one bruised apple ruins the bunch." That happened on the bucket while the speaker was picking berries. One fungus ruined his bucket full of fresh berries. After the berries had been ruined, the speaker didn't want to keep berry picking. A deeper understanding of this experience with berry-picking is that it can be interpreted as someone making one mistake that can ruin, affect or change their lives. The poem represents this through the use of imagery, simile and rhyme. The poem stated "At first, just one, a glossy purple cot." This represents the problem or the situation that is going on. In which the problem later, can be solved or cause a mistake. Moreover, the poem said "Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins,
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