Mending Wall by Robert Frost - Essay Example

And in his view some people consider this privacy and loneliness to be good for relationships. As it can be seen in the poem that the neighbor of the speaker states 'Good fences make good neighbors' which means that limits and boundaries to every relationship are good for its nourishment. The speaker and his neighbor are seen to be building walls over their lands so that they cannot see each other and maintain a limit to their relationship.
   Tradition is another theme that has been given forward by Robert Frost in Mending Walls. As it is written in the passage “to walk the line / and set the wall between us once again” and “will not go behind his father’s saying ... ‘Good fences make good neighbors.” Both these quotes clearly show how tradition is being followed by both the narrator and his neighbor over these years. The narrator however insists on breaking this tradition but the neighbor is following his father’s saying and repairing the fences every year. The narrator believes that the boundaries between him and the neighbor are useless as no such quantitative property is kept in thes/e

regions. But even in the end, it can be seen that the neighbor does not break the traditions and repairs the fences anyways. It can be derived from this poem that traditions are still important to the people of this world no matter what. These traditions are not to be broken in any case even if it disturbs the peace of this world.
  Nature also plays its role in the theme of this poem. As it can be seen in the passage “Something there is that doesn't love a wall”. Here something is meant to be nature and its power on the human bond in this world. It is clearly seen in the poem that whenever the narrator and neighbor build the wall it is destroyed by nature so that the human beings are brought closer. Another passage in the poem states “That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, and spills the upper boulders in the sun, and makes gaps even two can pass abreast.” This shows how nature is showing its power on the doings of mankind.
   These three themes of the poem clearly relate to the real-life things in this world. Robert Frost is relating these themes to real-life situations and presenting an insight into these themes. Human life is dependent on these themes and everyone should realize the worth of these three themes.