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        <title><![CDATA[I, too, found this part of the poem ironic in that the narrator of the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/mending-wall/group/discuss/do-you-agree-with-speaker-mending-wall-2707#10</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I, too, found this part of the poem ironic in that the narrator of the poem seems to be poking fun (being sarcastic) about the fact that the neighbor keeps mending the wall.  A wall is simply a barrier that really cannot keep people off of each others' property, if one is realistic about it.  One could climb over the wall, walk around it in some instances, etc.  I think one of Frost's points is that &quot;walls&quot; are internal,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 10:56:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I do agree.  Walls make good neighbors in that what is and should be...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do agree.  Walls make good neighbors in that what is and should be private can remain that way.  The wall is still low enough that the neigbors can converse over the top of it and also work together each year to maintain it's integrity.  There are only a select few people whom I would want to disclose everything to--everyone else is a friendly acquaintance to whom I speak and disclose only the parts of my life I want them to know.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 08:26:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #6: I disagree with the first part of your post-- I think...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #6: I disagree with the first part of your post-- I think Frost put lots of layers into his poems in order to stimulate the minds of his readers.

Furthermore, what the poet intended and what we take from his words can often be different things and that can be wonderful. I think Frost might agree! I do like your analysis though, I'll need to visit Bread Loaf it seems!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:53:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The famous quote from this poem has been mentioned above &quot;good...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The famous quote from this poem has been mentioned above &quot;good fences make good neighbors.&quot;  However, this is an ironic statement.  The narrator is critical of his neighbor for constantly repairing the wall that keeps people out.  Frost was commenting on society's tendency to alienate others, to be wary of the unknown, and thus to cause the breakdown in communities.  I do agree with him.  We close ourselves off so much from each...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:40:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #2: You've done a fabulous job of interpreting the poem, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #2: You've done a fabulous job of interpreting the poem, but I really don't think Frost meant for us to work so hard to understand his poetry. Read the poem again. See if you catch the speaker's displeasure at having to repair the wall every year. He'd rather leave it alone, let the gap grow. It's his neighbor who thinks good fences make good neighbors. Frost would be much more likely to sit on the wall and contemplate the nature...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:54:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Like every animal 'Man' also would like to zealously guard his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like every animal 'Man' also would like to zealously guard his 'territory'. It is this 'territorial instinct' which compels the two neighbours to rebuild their wall. The narrator who considers himself to be a rationalist expresses his misgivings about the whole exercise, nevertheless like all human beings he also succumbs to the 'territorial instinct'. So although the speaker as a rational human being  would like to break the wall his...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:40:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I've never read the poem so maybe you should write a thesis so others...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've never read the poem so maybe you should write a thesis so others could understand the question and could answer upon their desision. PS sorry if I affended you in any way.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Of course, I agree with him.  The walls symbolize gap among people...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Of course, I agree with him.  The walls symbolize gap among people caused by either problems or cultural differences.  I commend the speaker for his desire to break the wall because he knows that it will be of help to promote harmonic relationships among people.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:36:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, the speaker doesn't exactly want the wall down:...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, the speaker doesn't exactly want the wall down: &quot;Something...wants it down.&quot;The poem shows two neighbours coming together for the annual rebuilding of the wall between their properties. Although the speaker seems dubious about what function the wall has, it is he who initiates the rebuilding (&quot;I let my neighbour know...&quot;) as well as doing irregular repairs on his own initiative (&quot;I have come after them [hunters]...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:45:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do you agree with the speaker in "Mending Wall"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the poem, &quot;Mending Wall&quot;, written by Robert Frost, the speaker says that he wants to break the wall. Do you agree with him?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:57:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Friendship could also be a theme to this poem, or at least comraderie. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Friendship could also be a theme to this poem, or at least comraderie.  Without the help of the neighbor, the wall would fall into disrepair.  They work on it together, thus, &quot;good fences make good neighbors&quot;.  Perhaps without the fence and the job of its upkeep, they would not know each other at all?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:10:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The writer of the Masterplots commentary on the poem notes that the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The writer of the Masterplots commentary on the poem notes that the theme of the poem is barriers. To a great extent, that is correct. The action described is that of the speaker and his neighbor doing the annual repair work on the wall between their properties. This wall sets up a barrier to keep their animals in and to keep each other out.There is a sense as well that the theme might be the breaking down of barriers. The neighbor says twice...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:44:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of the poem, &quot;Mending Wall&quot;? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of the poem, &quot;Mending Wall&quot;? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The speaker in the poem is a thoughtful man, hard-working, practical,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The speaker in the poem is a thoughtful man, hard-working, practical, and discerning.  As he works with his neighbour to repair the wall dividing their property, he questions the necessity of even having a wall in certain places, noting, &quot;There where it is we do not need the wall, he is all pine and I am apple orchard, my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines&quot; (lines 23-26).  The speaker likes to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:58:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the characteristics of the speaker and the neighbour in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the characteristics of the speaker and the neighbour in the poem &quot;Mending Wall&quot; by Robert Frost?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:37:13 PST</pubDate>
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