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MendingWallRobertFrostSomethingthereisthatdoesn'tloveawall,Thatsendsthefrozen-ground-swellunderit,Andspillstheupperbouldersinthesun;Andmakesgapseventwocanpassabreast.something—natureItisnaturethatdamagethewall.Theworkofhuntersisanotherthing:IhavecomeafterthemandmaderepairWheretheyhaveleftnotonestoneonastone,Buttheywouldhavetherabbitoutofhiding,Topleasetheyelpingdogs.ThegapsImean,Noonehasseenthemmadeorheardthemmade,Butatspringmending-timewefindthemthere.“I”symbolizestheyoungergenerationwhocallsforacompletesocialchange.Iletmyneighborknowbeyondthehill;AndonadaywemeettowalkthelineAndsetthewallbetweenusonceagain.Wekeepthewallbetweenusaswego.“neighbor”symbolizestheoldgenerationwhotriestokeepthetraditionandhatesreformandchange.tomeasureToeachthebouldersthathavefallentoeach.AndsomeareloavesandsomesonearlyballsWehavetouseaspelltomakethembalance:'Staywhereyouareuntilourbacksareturned!‘Wewearourfingersroughwithhandlingthem.Oh,justanotherkindofoutdoorgame,Oneonaside.Itcomestolittlemore:Therewhereitiswedonotneedthewall:HeisallpineandIamappleorchard.MyappletreeswillnevergetacrossAndeattheconesunderhispines,Itellhim.Heonlysays,“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.”Theappletreesarepersonified,asthespeakerclaimsthattheywillneverwanderacrossandeatthepineconesonhisneighbor’sproperty.Buttheneighborinsistsonhisthought.Springisthemischiefinme,andIwonderIfIcouldputanotioninhishead:“Whydotheymakegoodneighbors?Isn'titWheretherearecows?Butheretherearenocows.BeforeIbuiltawallI'dasktoknowWhatIwaswallinginorwallingout,AndtowhomIwasliketogiveoffense.makehisneighborunderstandimplyhisneighbor’sstubbornandthespeakercouldn’tchangehismind.rhetoric—Toclaimthatwedon’tneedthewall.Somethingthereisthatdoesn'tloveawall,Thatwantsitdown.”Icouldsay“Elves”tohim,Butit'snotelvesexactly,andI'dratherHesaiditforhimself.IseehimthereBringingastonegraspedfirmlybythetopIneachhand,likeanold-stonesavagearmed.Implyhisneighborisaold–fashioned,conservativeman.Hemovesindarknessasitseemstome,Notofwoodsonlyandtheshadeoftrees.Hewillnotgobehindhisfather'ssaying,AndhelikeshavingthoughtofitsowellHesaysagain,“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.”Thespeakerfailstoconvincehisneighbor.Thewallisasignofcivilizationwhichcankeepthesavageout.Butthewallmaybeabarrierbetweenthepeople.Itmakesthepeoplemissthechancetocommunicatewitheachother.Inthisaspect,thewallisunnecessary.Somethingthereisthatdoesn'tloveawall,whichwillbreakthewall.Becausethiswallisagainstpeople’ssatisfaction,evenagainthenature.Sothepowertendencywilldestroyitsoonerorlater.Thepoetshowsgreatconcernfornature,humansocietyandspirit,whichisasynecdocheoftherelationshipsbetweenmanandnature,manandsociety,manandself;whichisfutheranalarmforhumanbeingsinecologicaldilemma.Frostismendingawall,what’smore,heismendingthegapsinmodernman’spsyche.Thanksforyourattention!