The point is simply to recognize that the apples are occult symbols, which is to say they're not apples.

关键是要认识,苹果是神秘主义的象征，就是说它们并不是苹果。

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Things in dreams were often not what they seemed to be but rather symbols for other things.

梦境中的事物往往并不像,它们看上去那样的简单,它们通常是其他事物的象征。

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Here, as elsewhere in Yeats' poetry, it's not essential for you to be able to pursue his occult learning and decode his symbols in order to read his poetry.

这首诗还有他的其他诗里，研究他的神秘主义学习,和解释这些象征对读他的诗,来说不是很重要。

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