Mending Wall Wishes

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Emily Boesler
Period 6/7
Behl
31 March 2017
Mending Wall Wishes Literary elements are a key piece of elements that contribute to a poem or story. One literary element that is important for a story to contribute perspective is theme. Mending Wall by Robert Frost is a poem that exhibits many themes and lessons. This poem is about the separation of 2 neighbors by a wall that is rebuilt by them every spring for privacy and security. The theme of Mending Wall is evident and represents the lessons one can learn from separation and isolation by analyzing the lesson shared by Mending Wall. The theme of Mending Wall is that breaking down oneś barrier can open a new positive perspective. One quote to support this theme is states on lines 24-26. This …show more content…

24-26). This line explains that the nararatorś neighbor is a pine tree (metaphorically) and that the apple orchard is the narrator (metaphorically). Pine trees are seen as boring and sharp. Also, pushing people away from their pointy pine needles that surround them. The narrator is comparing that way of attitude/personality as his neighbor. On the other hand, apple orchards are seen as bright and inviting due to their growth of apples which people gather these apple orchards and pluck the apples while sharing company. In the 25th line, when the narrator states that his ¨apple trees¨ will never get across to his neighborś side. This is symbolically representing that the wall is preventing the neighbors´ connection from being possible. In line 26 it states that the apple …show more content…

I could day ‘Elves’ to him, But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather he said it for himself” (l. 35-38). These lines state that not only does the narrator urge to break down the wall but, an outside force like nature or how the narrator exclaims, “Elves”. Although he knows that this isn’t the truth, there are signs of nature taking a role of breaking down the wall. The narrator also states that an outside force connects to theme of breaking down barriers can open a new perspective by adding another supporter un tearing down this wall of isolation. Figuratively, this outside force can be characterized as society and the 2 neighbors can be represented as conformity and nonconformity. This force pushes for these two ways of life to mend and create peace.
Mending Wall by Robert Frost can exhibit its theme as breaking down barriers can open a new perspective. By analyzing the words of this poem, the characters of this poem have conflicting views on the wall being built to separate their existence and create isolation between the two. The narrator pushes to break down the wall while the neighbor to the narrator pushes to build it higher. The figurative meanings also prove this view and open perspective for new ones. Mending Wall opens a perspective for the characterization of the wall, neighbors, and outside

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