Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall' is written with a very subjective and personal style with a sarcastic tone...
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down. I could say "Elves"to him" (35-36)
The neighbour is faithful to his father's saying' "Good fences make good neighbours." although the persona, who isn't Frost, feels no need for a wall due to the fact that they own trees not animals, which is stated in lines 23-26.
While rebuilding the wall an allusion to tennis is given
"Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side." (21-22)
And they always stay on their side of the wall
"We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each..." (14-15)
This poem sort of contradicts itself because the persona reminds the neighbour and then has a change of heart and fell absolutely no need for a physical boundary.
Michael Parkes 8.1
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