What is meant by the line "what to him are plato and the swing of pleaiades
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Plato and Pleiades are highbrow topics, and a man in the character has no concern about them, considering all his sufferings as a poor farmer
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In the line "what to him are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?" from the poem "The Man with a Hoe" by Edwin Markham, Plato represents knowledge and intelligence while Pleiades represents the stars in the constellation 'the Seven Sisters' or Messier 45.
The phrase "what to him are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?" means that the peasant or labourer has no time, strength or ability to pursue knowledge or appreciate the beauty of nature surrounding him because he is always engrossed in hard work and toil to earn his daily wages. He is, thus, incapable of intellectual thought and contemplation.
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