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Comment 22 of 132, added on June 13th, 2005 at 7:35 AM.
I think that this poem is a pleasant statement about life in 1914...and
today. We do things with people to keep the peace and be polite regardless
of our inner aversion to the behavior. This poem reflects respect of
others and inner playfullnes. I think it is refreshingly encouraging.
Linda Shaffer from United States
Comment 21 of 132, added on June 13th, 2005 at 1:17 AM.
I disagree with Melissa from australias comments. This poem cannot be about
the cold war and involving the Berlin wall as this poem was published in
1914 and the cold war was post WWII (1945+). Rather this poem is a metaphor
for the barriers we create between ourselves for no rational reason. Are we
so paranoid that we cant let anyone get close to us? That is essentially
what this poem is about.
Michael from Australia
Comment 20 of 132, added on June 12th, 2005 at 2:52 PM.
This poem has nothing to do with the Berlin Wall. The poem was written in
1914, and the Berlin Wall was built in The 1960s. He's talking about the
walls we build around us to protect our inner selves from others. We don't
want everyone to know everything about us. Many people build walls to hid
their true feelings, thoughts, or even past life experiences. We even build
walls to keep our memories from returning to painful times in our lives.
The stones are symbolic of the things we are trying to block people out of
- you may drop your guard and open up(stone falling off the fence), but
then something happens and we build the wall back up.
Susan from United States
Comment 19 of 132, added on June 5th, 2005 at 11:56 PM.
This is a poem which requires much thought, Frost seems to be referring to
the mending wall as a relationship between two neighbors who barely speak
or talk to one another but share a common interest of repairing the fence.
This way they both stay out of each others hair and that makes them
appreciate the fence and what it does for them.
Reka H from United States
Comment 18 of 132, added on June 1st, 2005 at 8:38 PM.
it is a very weird peom and it confuses me, i dont think that its a good
one because it is too repetitive and i dont really like it, it bores me.
yours truely em
emma from Australia
Comment 17 of 132, added on June 1st, 2005 at 3:20 AM.
this poem is about the cold war which is refered to in this poem.The poet
robert frost is on the american side of the cold war and its about the
berlin wall. the germans want the wall up to stop the americans coming over
and to keep the germans from going over to the americans side of germany.
This is the deep meaning of the poem "mending wall".
melissa from Australia
Comment 16 of 132, added on May 29th, 2005 at 5:41 PM.
This is an excellent poem about the narrator and his neighbor. The narrator
and his neighbor mend the wall together, each time strengthening the
emotional barriers between them. When the narrator says that, "he moves in
darkness it seems to me" much is told. This comment from the poem states
that the neighbor means nothing to him, just bad, perhaps evil. The
narrator is selfless in a way in saying this because this may be what the
neighbor likes. I do NOT belive that this poem is a battle of emotional
wills, but a battle of self confidence and perserverence in one another.
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Trevor Cook
Comment 15 of 132, added on May 25th, 2005 at 9:10 PM.
A beautiful poem full of hidden meaning and literary elements. ^^
V from United States
Comment 14 of 132, added on May 11th, 2005 at 8:45 PM.
i love this poem, it is describing the relationship between 2 neighbors and
how they don't get along and arent the best of friends but they are there
for each other. they have the fence up and it is a barrier between their
feelings...like a lot of us today, we have walls up against others but at
some point our walls may fall.
hgQueenB from United States
Comment 13 of 132, added on May 6th, 2005 at 9:52 AM.
its a story between the writer and his friend. its almost as if at the
start the writer does not want to be friends with the other party, thus
drawing up a wall. later on he wants to be frenz, and they meet. but theres
still this wall between them, so theres tension between them. And he tries
to make friends again, but the other party simply rejects him saying tat
good fences make good neighbours, showing he wants a barrier between the
two of them
kenneth from Singapore
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I think that this poem is a pleasant statement about life in 1914...and
today. We do things with people to keep the peace and be polite regardless
of our inner aversion to the behavior. This poem reflects respect of
others and inner playfullnes. I think it is refreshingly encouraging.
Linda Shaffer from United States