Robert Frost: Poems
mending wall
does the speaker of the poem belive that "good fences make good neighbors"
does the speaker of the poem belive that "good fences make good neighbors"
The speaker asserts that the wall is crucial to maintaining their relationship, asserting, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Over the course of the mending, the narrator attempts to convince his neighbor otherwise and accuses him of being old-fashioned for maintaining the tradition so strictly.