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Commentary on Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' At first glance 'Mending Wall' is a simple, pleasant poem containing all the aspects of a lyric that is sweet to the ear and able to give the reader or listener a 'feel good' sensation. It has all the right elements that a good poem (as defined by the following, admittedly limited, criteria) should have, viz alliteration, assonance, rhythm, structure, tone and of course, the ubiquitous iambic pentameter. Is it really anymore than that? In this commentary I shall argue and try to demonstrate that 'Mending Wall' is in fact a very profound and thought-provoking piece of work. It not only provokes deep thought and argument but also makes the reader question his own values. When President John F Kennedy inspected the Berlin Wall he quoted the poem's first line: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall". This shows that the poem had quite...

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