'Mending Wall'

The poem 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost explores both physical and emotional boundaries. The persona speaks in a sarcastic, negative tone. To outline how ridiculous he believes the wall between the neighbours is.

"There where it is we do not need the wall:

He is all pine and i am apple orchard."



The persona questions why there is a need to build the wall. The persona uses allusion to refer to a sporting game. Frost captures the interest of the audience by visual image referring to the destruction of the wall.



"Oh, just another kind of outdoor game:"

"That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it

And spills the upper boulder in the sun,

And makes gaps even two can pass abreast."

Hayley Bard