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    decay” ("Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes"). This quote relates to the poem, “Mending Wall” and the short story, “The Interlopers” because it shows how people rely on tradition even if that tradition is outdated. “Mending Wall” is based on a wall that separates two neighbors. One of the neighbors believes that the wall is useless and consumes time that could be spent on something more important. The other neighbor thinks that the wall is critical to maintaining the relationship between the two men. “The

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    Analysis of Mending Wall by Robert Frost Robert Frost is describing a process in "Mending Wall", which is repairing a wall that separates his territory and his neighbor's. The wall was deteriorated during the winter, when the cold frost created cracks and gaps in the wall. He uses a nearly infantile imagination to unravel the mystery of the damage that appeared suddenly in spring. While they are tediously laboring to reconstruct the fence, Frost is imploring his neighbor about the use

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    Robert Frost’s Mending Wall In his poem 'Mending Wall', Robert Frost presents to us the thoughts of barriers linking people, communication, friendship and the sense of security people gain from barriers. His messages are conveyed using poetic techniques such as imagery, structure and humor, revealing a complex side of the poem as well as achieving an overall light-hearted effect. Robert Frost has cleverly intertwined both a literal and metaphoric meaning into the poem, using the mending of a tangible

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    Analysis of Mending Wall by Robert Frost Robert Frost is describing a process in "Mending Wall", which is repairing a wall that separates his territory and his neighbor's. The wall was deteriorated during the winter, when the cold frost created cracks and gaps in the wall. He uses a nearly infantile imagination to unravel the mystery of the damage that appeared suddenly in spring. While they are tediously laboring to reconstruct the fence, Frost is imploring his neighbor about the use of the wall; his

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    away with? The speaker in “Mending Wall” thinks so. While many traditions are good, the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost suggests, that we should question them every once in awhile. In the poem, Robert Frost, describes how two neighbors repair a stone wall every spring. The speaker, the neighbor whose thoughts we have insight to, calls into question why the wall is being built and for what reason must there be a wall. However his neighbor's response is “Good walls make good neighbours”. The

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    Mahatma Gandhi once said that “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” This idea is supported by the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki and the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, which are both stories about two people continuing an outdated feud or tradition that is not needed anymore. In these works, the authors use conflict, metaphors, and characterization to convey that old traditions are often pointless to carry on, especially if the tradition creates a feud between two

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    Steinbeck, is a non-fictional story about two migrant families who lived in unstable and filthy conditions. “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, is a fictional poem regarding the relationship between two neighbors that come together every year to mend a wall that divides their properties. The reader is more likely to experience more empathy while reading “Harvest Gypsies” than while reading “Mending Wall” because, Steinbeck regards real people who suffer through hardships, Frost, on the other hand, doesn’t

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    poem “Mending Wall” shows the reader an example of two different kinds of people. One kind of person is open to the idea of friendship and is willing to make an effort to try to dissolve any conflict, and try to get along with someone else anyway possible. Then there is the other side which is against the idea of change, someone who is closed to the idea of something new and against breaking down social barriers. Yet both sides seem to find their common ground meeting at the wall. “Mending Wall”

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    “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost defines the walls that people have a tendency to build into their lives to keep other people out. People the majority of the time attempt to respect their neighbors’ barriers, and will assist in conserving their boundaries by respecting their personal space. Nevertheless, some outgoing neighbors will attempt to tear down these walls while still continuing to respect their neighbor. Additionally, if a friendly neighbor is able to establish unwanted holes in one’s wall

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    Analysis "Mending Wall", By Robert Frost In "Mending Wall", Robert Frost uses a series of contrasts, to express his own conflict between tradition and creation. By describing the annual ritual of two neighbors repairing the wall between them, he contrasts both neighbors through their ideas and actions, intertwining the use of parallelism and metaphors, in order to display his own innermost conflict as a poet; the balance between what is to be said and what is to be left to the reader, the balance

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