2007-08-03 14:12:08 · 5 answers · asked by Save A Tree [Remove a Bush] 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Ah, yes, "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. The old "Good fences make good neighbors" poem.
The fence is a metaphor for limits on society, reticence, and respect for person, property, and privacy.
The "something" that erodes the fence is familiarity (of contempt-breeding fame), of taking liberties and causing resentment.
Frost is deeper than cattle and careless hunters, deeper than even the frozen ground.
2007-08-03 14:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Grey Raven 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A ball. Love is a wall when death is on the other side.
2007-08-03 15:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you said it, frost is rather vague here. likely he means the elements that break down walls--frost, weathering, cattle bumping into the stones, and so on. i don't like writers who use the word "something" or "somehow" or "somewhere".
2007-08-03 14:32:22 · answer #3 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frost, both ice and Robert I think...
2007-08-03 14:15:35 · answer #4 · answered by A Plague on your houses 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'something there is, which doesnt love a wall'.... robt. frost
2007-08-03 14:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by deva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋