Mending_Wall

Mending Wall “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost assesses the relationship between two neighbors who join in the annual refurbishing of the stone wall that separates their land. The culprit of the damage is evident and mysterious. Repairs caused by intruding hunters are made often, so the responsible force remains unclear. The narrator mentions the “something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down.” This “something” is unidentified and unexplained, which leaves the reader to his imagination Frost uses the imagery of the wall to depict man’s separation from man and nature. The poem illustrates two diverse characters with profound differences in their perception of what the wall represents. He offers no answer regarding who’s right or wrong, but again, a plethora of room for one’s own interpretation. The mischievous narrator tells the story of himself and his neighbor getting together each spring to mend holes that appeared in the wall. He describes these holes as “gaps even two can pass abreast.” He owns an apple orchard and finds himself questioning the purpose of the wall since there aren’t any cows to keep from eating his apples. He doesn’t quite mending, wall, neighbor, nature, narrator, keep, doesn’t, together, good, two, stone, something, neighbors, man’s, make, himself, frost, feel, damages, between, barrier, walling, strong, stops, since, should, says, saying, right, represents, relationship, quest, purpose, poem, playful, pine