"Apology" by Richard Wilbur A word sticks in the wind’s throat; A wind-launch drifts in the swells of rye; Sometimes, in broad silence, The hanging apples distil their darkness.  You, in a green dress, calling, and with brown hair, Who come by the field-path now, whose name I say Softly, forgive me love if also I call you Wind's word, apple-heart, haven of grasses. Source: Wilbur, Richard. "Apology." Collected Poems: 1943–2004. Orlando: Harcourt Books, 2004. Print.   What would a formal interpretation of the poem focus on? a reflection of patriarchal society in the poem the author's biography and psychology the reader's interaction with the poem the literary qualities and elements Mark this and returnNext