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Mending Wall
by
Robert Frost
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Symbolism, Imagery, Wordplay
The Wall/Fences
Nature and Tradition
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Mending Wall Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
The Wall/Fences
The wall is the shining star of this poem. It unites our speaker and his neighbor, but separates them as well. As we hear the neighbor speak the proverb twice ("Good fences make good neighbors"), w...
Nature and Tradition
Nature seems to act as the third wheel in this poem – the silent character swirling around the speaker and his neighbor. Although he doesn’t explicitly describe the landscape, we see it...