Value and Disvalue of a Mending Wall In Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall he uses symbolism and literalism to describe the meaning and representation of the wall. For instance, the poem talks about the property, animals, people, and not to mention the elves. Some people may admire the wall, while others disapprove of it. This leads me to give some insight on the interpretation of the wall from both points of view.
First of all, there are some emblematic meanings between the value and disvalue of a wall. In the valuing aspect, it would be representing identity and also the human society. In the terms of identity the wall appears to be the identification of two people’s land. For instance, Frost explains, “I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; …show more content…
For instance, the benefit of a wall would be property lines, property values, and the insurance of keeping one’s animals in place. To be more specific, a wall would obviously show where a person’s property separated with another. Also, people pay more money for property that already has a wall, because then they would not be required to build it themselves. Lastly, if somebody had cows or any other animals they would like to keep them contained. Not only for the sake of knowing where they are, but the neighbors would not like someone else’s animals on their land. In the same manner, Frost remarks, “Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it where there are cows?”(30-31) However, there are some things that ultimately do not like walls. These would include ice, elves, and animals. In a manner of speaking, the ice tries to destroy the wall whenever it comes about, just like the elves do. By the same token, Frost states, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down. I could say Elves to him.”(35-36) Also, the animals seem to have a distaste for walls due to the fact they like to roam free and roam wherever they please. As you can notice there are various elements that love this wall and hate it
First of all, there are some emblematic meanings between the value and disvalue of a wall. In the valuing aspect, it would be representing identity and also the human society. In the terms of identity the wall appears to be the identification of two people’s land. For instance, Frost explains, “I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; …show more content…
For instance, the benefit of a wall would be property lines, property values, and the insurance of keeping one’s animals in place. To be more specific, a wall would obviously show where a person’s property separated with another. Also, people pay more money for property that already has a wall, because then they would not be required to build it themselves. Lastly, if somebody had cows or any other animals they would like to keep them contained. Not only for the sake of knowing where they are, but the neighbors would not like someone else’s animals on their land. In the same manner, Frost remarks, “Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it where there are cows?”(30-31) However, there are some things that ultimately do not like walls. These would include ice, elves, and animals. In a manner of speaking, the ice tries to destroy the wall whenever it comes about, just like the elves do. By the same token, Frost states, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down. I could say Elves to him.”(35-36) Also, the animals seem to have a distaste for walls due to the fact they like to roam free and roam wherever they please. As you can notice there are various elements that love this wall and hate it