Robert Frost identified himself with rural New England, and in the poem “Mending Wall,” I identified with this rural setting. The poem “Mending Wall,” is about two neighbors who have a wall that separates their land from one another. This poem tells the story of two neighbors who must repair and mend their wall each year. Frost uses free verse in “Mending Wall,” and no stanza breaks. The “Mending Wall,” could represent, separation of society by a barrier, how nature will always conquer man, and human stubbornness and their persistence of tradition and the dislike of change.

The Speaker’s neighbor in the poem repeats and old adage throughout “Mending Wall,” he states “Good fences make good neighbors.” (Line 26, 45) This adage represents tradition and foundation for society. Walls represent literal boundaries and rights, the mending of wall represents keeping those rules and boundaries in place. The mending also represents the sense of community among neighbors and society.

Frost’s speaker in the poem almost seems against the wall and finds humor in the task of mending the wall, but if you take a closer look at the speaker he is a contradiction. It is the speaker who sets the date to mend the wall, and the speakers still continues to patch up his side of the wall throughout the year, even though he says he sees’ the wall as no use.