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Mending Wall. By Robert Frost. Something there is that does n’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair. Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
“Mending Wall” is a poem by the American poet Robert Frost. It was published in 1914, as the first entry in Frost’s second book of poems, North of Boston. The poem is set in rural New England, where Frost lived at the time—and takes its impetus from the rhythms and rituals of life there.
‘Mending Wall’ is one of my favorite poems by Frost. The poem suggests a wiser perspective on the boundary wall. Still, it also tells how good fences make good neighbors and how we can keep our relationship with our neighbors peaceful and stable by establishing walls.
Mending Wall. Robert Frost. 1874 –. 1963. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing:
May 30, 2020 · ‘Mending Wall’ is a 1914 poem by the American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). Although it’s one of his most popular, it is also one of his most widely misunderstood – and, like another of his widely anthologised poems, ‘The Road Not Taken’, its most famous lines are often misinterpreted.
Frost composed the poem at his farm in Derry, New Hampshire; his home from 1901 to 1911 "Mending Wall" is a poem by Robert Frost. It opens Robert's second collection of poetry, North of Boston, published in 1914 by David Nutt, and has become "one of the most anthologized and analyzed poems in modern literature".
Robert Frost: “Mending Wall” How a poem about a rural stone wall quickly became part of debates on nationalism, international borders, and immigration. By Austin Allen. Robert Frost standing in a meadow during 1957 visit to the Gloucester area of England, where he lived with his family in the 1910s.
