What Is The Mood Of The Poem Mending Wall

The poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost encompasses a dialogue between the narrator and his neighbor in which they communicate their feelings about the continuous renovation of the stone wall that divides their properties. The overall poem has a simplistic tone with the internal thoughts of the narrator and the external dialogue of the narrator and the neighbor. The point of view of the narrator is clearly shown as he demonstrates his distaste for the walls renovations year after year. He claims even nature disagrees with the wall stating, “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”, proving that the wall decays often and that the natural world is trying to tear it down (lines 1-3). The narrator seems to view himself as a more
The narrator expresses that he doesn’t consider the wall to be necessary and that it creates a separation of their properties that isn’t needed. He explains that because both men grow their own trees that are different and neither have animals that need to be contained the wall is a barrier that serves no purpose (lines 24-25, 31). Despite this belief the narrator continues to help fix the wall and even initiates fixing it himself when the hunters come and ruin it. When the wall is being fixed the narrator tries to coerce his neighbor into the belief its not useful to which he replies, “Good fences make good neighbors”, proving the neighbor finds the wall serves a purpose (line 27). The neighbor seems to be a simple man and is even described as “moving in the darkness”, or having old viewpoints by the narrator (line 41). He values the premise of the wall which provides identity to each of the properties and serves to separate each’s purpose, as an apple tree orchard and a pine tree orchard. The neighbor builds the wall every year he is called upon to do so which also demonstrates his value in