... . Although this restrictive wall gives protection and a feeling of safety for the people who are inside it, it also creates a huge barrier to the people who are on the outside. The only difference between a physical wall and an imaginary barrier is that a physical wall will eventually fall apart as time goes by, but the emotional one on the other hand will only ... , and the only time they ever have a chance to communicate is when they are repairing the fences. This lack of communication and understanding gradually builds up an invisible barrier between them. This invisible barrier that s...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... apples couldn't cross the property line to eat his neighbors' pinecones. Regardless of these playful thoughts, the narrator truly wants to build a friendship rather than rebuild what he feels is a barrier to it. He doesn't want to keep the old wall because he believes that it serves no modern purpose and acts as ... a barrier that stops a man's quest to connect with nature and mankind itself. The neighbor has a completely different perception of what the stone wall represents. He relies on traditional wisdom that was ... to make boundaries even when they find it difficult to justify t...

• Word Count: 673
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... repairing the wall is futile, however, he is willing to "meet to walk the line / and set the wall" again. When trying to explain his position on maintaining the unnecessary barrier, the narrator learns of the neighbor's opposing view. Trachtenberg believes the neighbor's opinion of the wall "serves to define the sort of relationship he wishes to have with those who ... ...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... added a single stone to the wall that so often separates age from youth-(Cox 9). There is a mystery created in this wall, no one knows the exact purpose of this manmade barrier therefore, the neighbor continually makes fun of the mending of such a pointless wall. In reality, the wall isolates or protects the traditional neighbor, who continually points out, -Good fences make ... ...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to stay out of Roxbury, Shirley Ave. area and Mission Hill. And we obey. These are predominantly minority populations. Our Grandparents and parents have passes their barriers to us. The barrier is invisible, but very strong. In the poem, the wall is a metaphor representing our societies traditional social walls. The neighbor in the poem claims good fences make good neighbors. These ... ...

• Word Count: 939
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... him. But then once, just once he sees something. Was it heaven? He can't tell, and the event does not repeat itself. Here Frost is clearly trying to penetrate the barrier of death that will not allow him to see what is on the other side. He at times comes close to a glimpse, but never truly gets a full view, except for ... ...

• Word Count: 1104
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which humans erect in order to separate themselves from each other and the traits which cause this. Just like the wall the two farmers construct between each other there is a barrier between Blanche and Stanley. Blanche believes she is above the likes of Stanley, and Stanley believes that she has swindled him and the fact that he over hears Blanche badmouthing ... ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... man as represented by a pine tree, which is dark and dreary, and the other as an apple tree, which is bright and fruitful, will forever be separated by an emotional barrier, and they will forever remain just "neighbors." Even though the narrator wants to have a relationship with the neighbor, he knows that it's not going to happen because the neighbor refuses ... ...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate