In Frost's poem there are two characters that have a rock wall which serves as their property line. The first character is the speaker, who seems to be kind and has an education, or at least much so than his neighbor. His intelligence is shown through his open-mindedness toward other people's opinions, although he knows that changing his neighbor's beliefs may be impossible. Also he is able to place himself inside his neighbors' point of view and this may be where the speaker comes up with the question why fences make good neighbors. The speaker does not believe there is a purpose for a wall between him and his neighbor, the speaker believes that fences, or walls in this case, will create

Robert Frost wrote the poem "Mending Wall" naturally and simple, however it can have many separate meanings derived from the text literally or metaphorically. In my opinion Frost is trying to open the reader's mind in choosing between true beliefs and beliefs that carry no real meaning if the right question is asked. Overall this poem display's the many feats of human nature.

barriers between friendships and also allows for unneeded separation between people. Despite this belief that a wall is unnecessary, he still comes out every year and helps his neighbor mend the wall. The speaker would like to ask his neighbor the question why fences make good neighbors but the speaker wants to hear his neighbor say it himself. The speaker also says if he was building a wall he would like to know what he was walling in or out and to what or whom he needed to take offense to. This is where the speaker is trying to rationalize what purposes a wall would need to be built.

When Frost wrote this poem he may have been trying to send a signal or message to the reader. This message could be to have an opened mind about other people's beliefs. Also he is attempting to make the reader ponder on why, physical or mental, walls are needed and if there needed at all or at least ask why they are needed. The reader may conclude after reading this poem that he or she may need to reevaluate there own beliefs and then reinforce which ones they understand to be true. Now on the other hand the reader may think that Frost wrote this poem for nothing other than the literal meaning that fences do not make good neighbors.

The poem as a whole could also be about human nature. People have a natural tendency to build up walls. They push people out and shut people off. However, at the same time they do not want to build these walls. People in general want to have a life without walls and wan

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