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What would the speaker in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" do if he could?

  A. plant both pine trees and apple trees on his property   B. build a sturdier wall to mark off his property   C. tear down the stone wall and get to know his neighbor better   D. ignore his neighbor whenever possible
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The answer is C. tear down the stone wall and get to know his neighbor better

The narrator seems to question why they need a wall but his neighbor doesn't feel the same and says the famous line "good fences make good neighbors"
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