MendingWallRobert

FrostSomething

there

is

that

doesn"t

love

a

wall,That

sends

the

frozen-ground-swell

under

it,And

spills

the

upper

boulders

in

the

sun,And

makes

gaps

even

two

can

pass

abreast.The

work

of

hunters

is

another

thing:I

have

come

after

them

and

made

repairWhere

they

have

left

not

one

stone

on

a

stone,But

they

would

have

the

rabbit

out

of

hiding,To

please

the

yelping

dogs.

The

gaps

I

mean,No

one

has

seen

them

made

or

heard

them

made,But

at

spring

mending-time

we

find

them

there.I

let

my

neighbor

know

beyond

the

hill;And

on

a

day

we

meet

to

walk

the

lineAnd

set

the

wall

between

us

once

again.We

keep

the

wall

between

us

as

we

go.無(wú)法獲取該音頻文件。To

each

the

boulders

that

have

fallen

to

each.And

some

are

loaves

and

some

so

nearly

ballsWe

have

to

use

a

spell

to

make

them

balance:"Stay

where

you

are

until

our

backs

are

turned!"We

wear

our

fingers

rough

with

handling

them.Oh,

just

another

kind

of

out-door

game,One

on

a

side.

It

comes

to

little

more:There

where

it

is

we

do

not

need

the

wall:He

is

all

pine

and

I

am

apple

orchard.My

apple

trees

will

never

get

acrossAnd

eat

the

cones

under

his

pines,

I

tell

him.He

only

says,

"Good

fences

make

good

neighbors".Spring

is

the

mischief

in

me,

and

I

wonderIf

I

could

put

a

notion

in

his

head:"Why

do

they

make

good

neighbors?Isn"t

itWhere

there

are

cows?

But

here

there

are

no

cows.Before

I

built

a

wall

I"d

ask

to

knowWhat

I

was

walling

in

or

walling

out,And

to

whom

I

was

like

to

give

offence.Something

there

is

that

doesn"t

love

a

wall,That

wants

it

down."

I

could

say

"Elves"

to

him,But

it"s

not

elves

exactly,

and

I"d

ratherHe

said

it

for

himself.

I

see

him

thereBringing

a

stone

grasped

firmly

by

the

top

In

each

hand,

like

an

old-stone

savage

armed.He

moves

in

darkness

as

it

seems

to

me~Not

of

woods

only

and

the

shade

of

trees.He

will

not

go

behind

his

father"s

saying,And

he

likes

having

thought

of

it

so

wellHe

says

again,

"Good

fences

make

good

neighbors.”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,And

makes

gaps

even

two

can

pass

abreast.Speaker

feels

there

is

something

living,and

causes

them

to

fall

down“Something”:

senseofmystery,cannot

berationalisedWater

in

ground

freezes,

expands

andnatural

thing

which

does

not

like

walls

causesthe

ground

to

swellCompound

noun:

describes

the

processNature

appears

contemptuousofman’seffortsThe

ground

swells

under

the

wall

andcollapsegenerosity

–

vs

the

meanness

andThe

missing

boulders

form

gaps

in

thecauses

the

boulders

(dry

stone

wall)

to

wall

that

are

big

enough

for

two

people

twalk

through

side-by-sideSpills…in

the

sun:

sense

of

abandon

andSpeaker

approves

of

this

–

allows

peoplto

communicate

rather

than

set

uppettinessof

man

who

restricts

and

buil

dsivisions

between

themwallsSometimes

he

can

see

that

hunters

havebroken

the

wall

downThe

work

of

hunters

is

another

thing:I

have

come

after

them

and

made

repairWhere

they

have

left

not

one

stone

on

a

stone,But

they

would

have

the

rabbit

out

of

hiding,To

please

the

yelping

dogs.The

speaker’s

respect

for

natureobvious

in

his

attitude

towards

thhunter

and

the

dogsThe

gaps

he

finds

most

interesting

arethose

that

appear

mysteriously,

for

whichthere

appears

to

be

no

rational

causeThis

adds

to

the

sense

of

mysteryintroduced

in

line

1The

gaps

I

mean,No

one

has

seen

them

made

or

heard

them

made,But

at

spring

mending-time

we

find

them

there.I

let

my

neighbour

know

beyond

the

hill;Seems

tobe

a

regular,seasonal

“job”happens

once

a

year“beyond

the

hill”

–

stresses

distance

–

thewall

has

not

been

erected

to

ensureprivacyAnd

on

a

day

we

meet

to

walk

the

lineWe

keep

the

wall

between

us

as

we

go.IRONY:The

only

time

they

meet

is

when

theyrepair

the

wall

that

keeps

themseparateStresses

therepetitive

cycle

–man

is

subjected

tothe

seasonal

shifts

–alsosuggeststheAnd

set

the

wall

between

us

once

again.

inevitability

of

thewall

collapsing

andhaving

to

be

rebuilton

an

annual

basisRepairing

of

the

wall

–

sense

ofseparation

and

division

–

each

keeps

tohis

own

side

of

the

wall

–

do

not

crossoveronto

the

other’s

propertyRepetition

of

“each”

stresses

theirseparateness

and

also

theneighbour’s

somewhat

childishand

absurd

attitude

–

if

the

stoneis

on

your

side

then

you

pick

it

upMETAPHORTo

each

the

boulders

that

have

fallen

to

each.And

some

are

loaves

and

some

so

nearly

ballsDifferent

shapes

and

sizes

We

have

to

use

a

spell

to

make

them

balance:"Stay

where

you

are

until

our

backs

are

turnedMETAPHORWe

wear

our

fingers

rough

with

handling

them.Oh,

just

another

kind

of

out-door

game,One

on

a

side.

It

comes

to

little

more:Division

&

separatenessNarrator’s

attitude

is

playful

–

hcannot

take

it

seriously

and

doesnot

consider

it

importantThere

where

it

is

we

do

not

need

the

wall:He

is

all

pine

and

I

am

apple

orchard.My

apple

trees

will

never

get

acrossAnd

eat

the

cones

under

his

pines,

I

tell

him.He

only

says,

"Good

fences

make

good

neighbours".Neighbour’snegative

attitude

–good

socialrelationships

cannotexist

when

men

areseparated

from

oneanotherSpring

is

the

mischief

in

me,

and

I

wonderIf

I

could

put

a

notion

in

his

head:"Why

do

they

make

good

neighbours?Wants

to

shake

up

his

neighbour’s

attitude

–see

if

he

can

suggest

an

alternative

view

oranother

way

of

looking

at

the

wall….Is

he

implyingthat

theneighbour

is“empty-headed”?Isn"t

itWhere

there

are

cows?

But

here

there

are

no

cows.Before

I

built

a

wall

I"d

ask

to

knowWhat

I

was

walling

in

or

walling

out,And

to

whom

I

was

like

to

give

offence.Something

there

is

that

doesn"t

love

a

wall,That

wants

it

down."

I

could

say

"Elves"

to

him,But

it"s

not

elves

exactly,

and

I"d

ratherHe

said

it

for

himself.He

cannot

see

any

practical

purpose

for

thewall

–

no

cows

to

be

separated

by

the

wall

–he

stresses

the

ABSURDITY

of

building

thewall

in

this

particular

locationIn

his

mind

the

wallhas

to

serve

somelogical

purposeSome

people

are

upset

by

thepresence

of

the

wall

–

e.g.

thespeaker

–

he

feels

that

he

has

beenshut

out

without

any

real

reasonPUNSome

natural

(now

supernatural)

thing

innature

that

does

not

approve

of

the

presenceof

the

wall

–

suggests

“Elves”His

true

“motives”

are

starting

tobecome

clearer

–

he

wants

tochange

the

way

his

neighbourthinks

–

WHAT

IS

THE

PURPOSE

OFTHE

WALL?I

see

him

thereBringing

a

st