Question

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out of hiding, To please the yelping dogs. What is the speaker of this poem doing

Answer 1

b). inspecting a stone wall.

Step-by-step explanation:

The lines are from Robert Frost's poem titled 'Mending Wall.' In the given lines, the speaker is examining the stone wall that has separated the two neighbors. He says that 'something...doesn't love a wall' in order to refer to nature's dislike of this wall as it leads to 'frozen ground' among two neighbors and 'make gaps...swell...burst.' Later he talks about the damage caused to the wall by the hunter's work but he would fix it again but thinks that rabbits may come 'out of hiding.' Thus, this shows that he is examining the wall. Hence, option b is the correct answer.