with the unmasking of the timid, inner person, the true self, represented by the rabbit. A wall is needed in this case, to avert pain, but Frost asserts that this is not the kind of barrier he is speaking of. In the visual phrase, “And some are loaves and some nearly balls”, the words “loaves” and “balls” portrays big and small problems or differences between people. He states with appeal to touch that “We wear our fingers rough with handling them.” In this, the poet proposes that we let ourselves be taxed with the problems and differences. He elaborates on this concept as he states another visual sentence, “He is all pine and I am apple orchard.” This line depicts the differences between him and his neighbor. Robert Frost joins all his lines together in this narrative poem while still focusing on different ideas. He uses this style of poetry to develop the theme. Everything flows together yet stands apart line by line. Narratives are pleasingly unrestrained and their strive to tell stories are easeful. In “Mending Wall”, Frost tells a story of how nature has instilled an entropy in barriers to provoke peaceful living among all creatures. The construction of the wall may be in fact destruction of man’s relations with his peers. ...
