The main speaker's conversation shows his feelings about the purpose of the wall. His monotonous feeling toward mending the wall shows his reluctance to having the wall. In his conversation he explains that there is no need for a wall because, "My apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pi

The speaker contradicts his early view of the wall's ability to bring people together when he shows how the wall separates people. He demonstrates this when he says, "And set the wall between us once again we keep the wall between us as we go" (14). Even at the time when the two are mending the wall there is no conversation about each of their personal lives. Instead all that they talk about is the object that separates them, the wall. The wall seems to take away from them becoming more knowledgeable about each other's lives, which often hinders a friendship. The speaker also refers to a wall as giving separation through offense when he says, "And to whom I was like to give offense" (34).

This poem offers a holistic view of a wall and it's affect on

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Approximate Word count = 513
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)