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Mending Wall by Robert Frost Mending Wall by Robert Frost was said to be one of his favourite poems. Mending Wall is about the building of a wall between two men and their houses, however, looking deeper into the meaning, the poem seems to suggest the establishing of boundaries between elements of the physical world as well as the inner world. This seems to be suggested not only by the poem but perhaps by Frost's upbringing as he always showed a great appreciation for nature and sharing the world in all of his poems. The two neighbours in this poem seem to be building the wall initially about territory, but if we look deeper into it, it seems to be more about marking boundaries to stop arguments. The neighbours do not share the same ideology about the building of the wall. It seems as though they must repeat this task every Springtime, but whereas one neighbor does it through tradition and because he wants to, the other appears to be just going along with it; he does not seem to understand. The title itself "Mending Wall" seems to suggest something about the poem. The adjective "Mending" takes the gerund, which means it, is talking about the present. Perhaps this suggest that the task is continuos and always there. Also the fac