tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post988667222246293138..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: Mending Wall by Robert FrostBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-65066453923461056032014-12-17T20:01:42.609+11:002014-12-17T20:01:42.609+11:00This is another great poem.
I think that ultima...This is another great poem. <br /><br />I think that ultimately the narrator is more against the notion of such walls then he is in favor of them. Yet in the end he seems to be up against the opinion others, perhaps most others, as the poem ends with the neighbor repeating ‘Good fences make good neighbors.' line.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-61389549702206118532014-12-17T04:09:48.311+11:002014-12-17T04:09:48.311+11:00Narrator:
observes 2x that There is something t...Narrator: <br />observes 2x that There is something there that doesn't love a wall (smth = nature, hunters and himself) <br />observes: " There where it is we do not need a wall"<br />...is mischevious and wants to put 'notion'in neighbor's head: <br />Why doesn't neighbor think about why fences are good, what is the purpose of them and why don't we DISCUSS this fence?<br />....describes is neighbor as the oppsite of himself: he is pine ( hard, straight), old-stoned savage, moves in darkness, hide behind father's proverb.<br />Narrator is our only source of information and speaks 99% of the time.<br />Neighbor speaks 2x hiding behind an old proverb: " Good fences make good neighbors" .<br />I noticed there is NO color in the poem and it feels as if our narrator remains dejected...without communication, no progress.<br />"...we meet and walk the line and set the wall between us once again.<br /> we keep the wall between us as we go..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com