Poem Analysis: Mending Wall

The title, “Mending Wall” in a way contradicts itself, to mend is to repair something, while a wall is a barrier; which the speaker is not willing to admit is a dilemma. The poem begins rather serene introducing the area, which the wall was built for. The speaker claims the need for the wall is to keep the rabbits out, please the dogs and his neighbor. The wall could symbolize a barrier which the speaker does not feel he can get past, for fear of the others reaction, or his own fear. In contrast; the neighbor who claims “Good fences make good neighbors”, following the philosophy of his father could be subconsciously justification his desire for his isolation and physical barriers. Halfway through the poem, the speaker admits his true solicitude;
the difference between the neighbors, (apple orchards and pine trees) have no part to play in the decision for the wall, and continues ponder, realizing his neighbor's father had implanted this philosophy which you must draw a line between one another, even then, the speaker does not admit to his neighbor of his true beliefs. Despite the fact that most times, there is not true cognition for our own desolation, and barriers, many times we have a tendency to continue to believe what we are told until in our mind, it is true and correct.