MENDING WALL

πŸ“š MENDING WALL πŸ“š

- Robert Frost

Mending Wall' was written by the great American poet Robert Frost.The poem is a literary masterpiece.
It was first published in the year 1914. The poem deals with the subject of mending  wall between two farms as a metaphor for healthy boundaries in society.

It is a stimulating and interesting poem about human boundaries or limitations and their benefits in the society. The poem revolves around the story of two neighbours who come across each other in spring every year to mend the stone wall that separates their farms. The poem demonstrates how good fences create good neighbours, and how people can preserve their long-lasting relations with neighbours by founding such walls. 

It has gained massive popularity due to its publication across the globe because of its simple yet thoughtful subject.

In the poem with a first-person narrator who describes a stone wall sitting between his ancestral home and his neighbor's property. The narrator says that the wall, which divides the two properties, is mysteriously taken down or damaged every year by unknown forces,

"Something...
that doesn't love a wall," says the speaker.

The speaker walks alongside the wall as his neighbor repairs it, an annual job. He tries to convince the neighbor that the wall is useless. He says there is no difference between his property and the next, except the types of trees growing. 

He mentions that fences are good to keep things in or out, but there is nothing to keep in or out in either yard. The older man simply responds with what the speaker claims are the words of his father, 
"Good fences make good neighbors."

One thinks the wall is pointless and represents a never-ending struggle of futility. The other continues to repair a wall that will inevitably be torn down again by unseen forces, and he does so with no real reason other than "Good fences make good neighbors."

 This theme of changing social traditions and conventions is seen in many poems of his time.This poem points out the logical choice, which would be acceptable, and the stubborn one, struggling against the future.

The main theme of "Mending Wall" is the difficulty of change in society. Social customs and traditions are important sometimes, but Frost points out the struggle to change the same once they are rooted in society.

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