Mending Wall Annotation

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust
Good morning. Discoveries possess the potential to rework beliefs regarding human experience in the wider world. Each revelation proposes outlooks pertaining to the development of an individual’s worldview. Such developments facilitate growth and understanding in regards to social proceedings. American author Robert Frost explores the mechanics of humanity through his poems. Frost scrutinizes the impacts of metaphysical exploration in Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening. Additionally, he examines individual citizenship in Mending Wall. Similarly, David Willkie comments on the intrinsic need of exploration, through his painting
This analysis of social positioning unearths fundamental workings within humanity, facilitating the creation of perspectives regarding civil machinations. Perceptions vary between all individuals as elucidated by Frost’s poem, Mending Wall. The composer applies colloquial repetition with “And” and “But”, to illicit a conversational tone. This vernacularism mimics the mindset of the speaker; however, his causality is juxtaposed by the allegory of “walk the line”. The negative connotations present here is Frost’s contrast of the speaker’s child-like optimism, with overshadowing awareness of growing fearful antipathy. Intuitive emotional response is illuminated through the negative symbolic motif of the “wall” as an instrument of separation. However, Frost employs irony in “I let my neighbour know beyond the hill” to elucidate humanity’s persistence in initiating relationships, even in the event of constructing barriers. Frost comments on society’s reaction to opposing opinions by further illustrating the speaker’s changing impression of the neighbour through the metaphor of “he moves in darkness”. Man invalidates opinions that aren’t considered beneficial to society, yet Frost’s use of the repeated adage “good fences make good neighbours”, causes the audience to broaden their respiratory perceptions. Want of a privatized, ‘fenced’ life emanates negative connotations. However, the audience is challenged to consider the double meaning of the phrase in order to unearth the possible positive implications of creating a boundary. Society reacts to this subjective diversity by reverting to the inherent need to believe in something and consequently feeling threatened when their conviction is opposed. By the exploration into a deeper evaluation of the human psyche, civilisation recognizes its flaws. This exposure allows mankind to re-evaluate their social