Window

Read 'Window' by 'Czeslaw Milosz' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Window by Czeslaw Milosz

 I looked out the window at dawn and saw a young apple tree
translucent in brightness.

And when I looked out at dawn once again, an apple tree laden with
fruit stood there.

Many years had probably gone by but I remember nothing of what
happened in my sleep.

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