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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"
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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"

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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
    ISBN9781535828512
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"

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      Mending Wall

      Robert Frost

      1914

      Introduction

      First published in Robert Frost’s second collection, North of Boston, in 1914, Mending Wall is a narrative poem that presents an encounter between two neighbors whose property line is marked by a stone fence. Each spring, they cooperate in repairing the damage the winter weather has caused to it. Although the speaker of the poem claims to believe the wall is unnecessary, he is clearly ambivalent about its presence, since he also initiates the repair. His neighbor, on the other hand, strongly asserts his desire to maintain the wall, repeating the line, Good fences make good neighbors. Throughout the poem, the wall functions as a metaphor, indicating the necessity of simultaneous connection and separation between human beings. Although individuals long to connect with one another, a connection that is too close or boundaries that are indistinct can be dangerous. Yet, disruption of these boundaries is probably inevitable, since the frozen-ground-swell that damages the wall, though it occurs annually, is never observed. The neighbors can only maintain their relationship through conscious attention to the wall that separates

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