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ANALYSIS #2: THE MENDING WALL

In the poem, "The Mending Wall" Frost creates a lot of ambiguity in order to leave the poem open for interpretation. Frost's description of every detail in this poem is very interesting, it leaves the reader to decide for themselves what deductions they are to be making of the poem. To begin with, Frost makes literal implications about what the two men are doing. For instance, they are physically putting the stones back, one by one. Their commitment and constant drive shows how persistent these men seem about keeping the wall intact. On the other hand, there are inferences that something deeper is occurring.
One possible meaning being a sharing experience between the two men. We can assume from the beginning that the wall has many forces that keeps it in shambles. For example, "that sends the frozen ground swell under it and spills the upper boulders in the sun." Also, "I have come after them and made repair where they have left not one stone......

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