Robert Frost: Poems
Robert Frost : Mending Wall
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
what i was walling in or walling out."
explain the underlying idea.
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
what i was walling in or walling out."
explain the underlying idea.
This line alludes to the fact that the speaker would approve the wall, and even assist in its construction if he were given a reasonable reason to do so.
The Mending Wall