Robena Griffin
Dr. Campbell
ENG 232-800
16 October 2015
Trachetenberg, Zev. “Good Neighbors make Good Fences: Frost's 'Mending Wall'”. Philosophy and Literature 21.1 (1997): 114-22 Pro Quest. Web. 1 Oct. 2015. The poem by Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is a poem about two neighbors getting together every spring to repair the wall separating their property. Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is one of those poems that gets one to think. There are two neighbors in this poem that meet at the same time each year along the wall. There is a purpose to the fence in this poem and it is not always to keep someone or something out. This is a poem that we will we find out why “Good Neighbors make Good Fences”. Also we will take a look at why people are …show more content…
He lets us know the stance in which each neighbor takes on the wall being up. He does a great job in the role of property and how it affects not only the neighbors but the community. There are also the lets us know why having a wall up can be a good idea. Trachetenberg gets us to thinking about more that just two neighbors walking and discussing a fence. Trachetenberg states that the neighbor and the narrator have different views on the wall. This is a very good way of showing how opposites can be ok because they each have an opinion about the fence. This is a way for the neighbors to keep the fence in good shape and for the maintenance of there relationship. Even thought the narrator thinks that the wall is not needed and the neighbor does. The narrator thinks that the wall is not needed because the ground underneath is not separated by anything. The neighbor thinks that having a wall put up is a great idea because he gets to know where his property ends and begins. This all is tied together in property and community and this is what Trachetenberg thinks that this poem is all about. This wall is a way for two neighbors to come together and do more than just repair the wall. This relationship is started about the wall and now has become a routine. Property and community is intertwined in this poem according to Trachetenberg. Not only do the neighbors repair the fence they come together
Dr. Campbell
ENG 232-800
16 October 2015
Trachetenberg, Zev. “Good Neighbors make Good Fences: Frost's 'Mending Wall'”. Philosophy and Literature 21.1 (1997): 114-22 Pro Quest. Web. 1 Oct. 2015. The poem by Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is a poem about two neighbors getting together every spring to repair the wall separating their property. Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is one of those poems that gets one to think. There are two neighbors in this poem that meet at the same time each year along the wall. There is a purpose to the fence in this poem and it is not always to keep someone or something out. This is a poem that we will we find out why “Good Neighbors make Good Fences”. Also we will take a look at why people are …show more content…
He lets us know the stance in which each neighbor takes on the wall being up. He does a great job in the role of property and how it affects not only the neighbors but the community. There are also the lets us know why having a wall up can be a good idea. Trachetenberg gets us to thinking about more that just two neighbors walking and discussing a fence. Trachetenberg states that the neighbor and the narrator have different views on the wall. This is a very good way of showing how opposites can be ok because they each have an opinion about the fence. This is a way for the neighbors to keep the fence in good shape and for the maintenance of there relationship. Even thought the narrator thinks that the wall is not needed and the neighbor does. The narrator thinks that the wall is not needed because the ground underneath is not separated by anything. The neighbor thinks that having a wall put up is a great idea because he gets to know where his property ends and begins. This all is tied together in property and community and this is what Trachetenberg thinks that this poem is all about. This wall is a way for two neighbors to come together and do more than just repair the wall. This relationship is started about the wall and now has become a routine. Property and community is intertwined in this poem according to Trachetenberg. Not only do the neighbors repair the fence they come together