In the poem 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost the wall acts as both a physical and metaphorical boundary. It is physical in way that it is there and you can touch it, but it is metaphorical because both men put up a wall between them emotionally as well.
Situational Irony is used in this poem. This is when the opposite happens to what was intended. The two men come together to keep each other apart. Example:
' And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again'
The Pathetic Fallacy is also used. This is saying that your feelings imitate nature. Example:
'Spring is the mischief in me'
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