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In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” the neighbor tells the speaker that good fences make good neighbors. What does he mean by this?

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He believes boundaries are important in relationships
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Answer: He believes boundaries are important in relationships.

Although the speaker in this poem is not convinced of the importance of having a boundary between their two properties, his neighbour tells him that "good fences make good neighbours." This is a common aphorism that expresses the idea of boundaries being necessary in order to maintain good relationships with other people.

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