Robert Frost examines the role fences play in shaping relationships between neighbors. Do neighbors get along better because of the walls that separate their properties? Frost repeatedly quotes his neighbor as saying that “good fences make good neighbors.” But the idea has several interpretations. The most obvious meaning is that walls separate people from each other and that separation eliminates the possibility of quarrels or disappointments, or intrusion, literally or figuratively, into a neighbor's domain. A second possibility is that fences make good neighbors, because every year Frost has to work with his neighbor to repair the fence. Joint cooperative effort means that neighbors have a reason to come together at least once a year and accomplish a common task under positive circumstances. The first line of the poem supports the second idea: “There is something that does not like a wall. .” The wall requires annual repairs because over the course of a year, the stones in the wall fall off and various natural objects create gaps in the wall. Human forces, including Hunters, also cause breaches in the wall, showing that intrusion is a common occurrence in Frost's world. To resolve these problems, Frost and his neighbor "come together to cross the line and put up the wall between us again." Each neighbor stays on his or her side of the wall while making repairs, which would seem to confirm the neighbor's belief, learned from his father, that privacy and distance are the best way to maintain good relationships with neighbors. neighbors. Frost observes that the wall is useless. formal objective, and he plans to debate the objective of the wall with his neighbor. He thinks about saying this before building a wall "I would demand to know what I was walling in or walling... middle of paper ...... life, despite Frost's thought of blaming the elves for the wall. Nature is perhaps personified in the first line as "Something" that does not like a wall and causes the wall to suffer from natural forces as well as human interventions. endowed with any sort of personality There is no allusion to any historical figure, although the use of elves is a reference to mythical creatures (unless you are a die-hard Hobbit fan). Frost's conclusion that the wall is necessary if only to keep his neighbor happy is supported by the whimsical nature of the verse. The tone of the poem is light and Frost's emotions are never angry or annoyed. his spell with the wall and tries his best to make lemonade from lemons. He knows he'll never change his neighbor's mind, and for Frost, it's just another event he adapts to without getting upset...