Justin Alvis
3-18-2012
LAC1_COMP_16.2_Planning_an_Essay
The Mending Wall by Robert Frost

Getting Closer by Seperation

The poem "Mending Wall", is about two neighbors that had different thoughts of why or why not there should be a wall in between thier properties. Between natures courses, the trees, rain, animals, and even hunters, every spring Frost has to repair the wall and his neighbor helps him, even though his neighbor feels it is unnessary to seperate the properties. As time goes by, thet eventully start bonding throughout every spring.
Frost refers to "as something there is that doesn't love a wall", the wall should not be there in the first place, seperating we as people, the wall needs to come down. To build a lasting relationship while still possesed with discrimination and hatred, toward his neighbor, towards mother nature, and god's creatures. No matter how nice the wall is fixed up. Between the mixure of the rain and sun, the suns rays spills over the wall causing damage. As the damge to the wall is already done and noticed, the two neighbors are literelly putting the stones back, one by one.
Frost and his neighbor that lives behind the hill, finally end up taking a walk to discuss the reaccuring damage to the wall and how they might beable to protect it . Their dedication, commitment, and determination to fix the problems, with their differences set aside. As these two neighbors spend time together discussing how to keep this wall intact, they are sharing an expierence that is taking place. A friendship is slowly forming as they work together as neighbors to "mend the wall".
Frost's neighbor has his belief that there should be no wall. Once the wall is repaired and set into place, soon here we go again. Frost is the persistant one claiming to his neighbor, the wall is necessary, and describes his neighbor as all "pine" and Frost is the "apple orchard". As Frost says,"Good Fences make good neighbors", as the wall allows the neighbors to have thier privacy, however, it is also "a neighborly game". Keeping the exitement at hand, the likes and the dislikes, keeping the wall between them as they go. "The neighbor is the pine and I am the apple orcchard", Frost states. Meaning that each are just as special, but have different qualities.
The statement, "Stay where you are until our backs are turned", reflects when Frost is speaking to the stones. Fall when he is not looking so he doe not have to see the wall falling.