Question

1) What can the reader infer about the speaker and his neighbor? A) B) The speaker and his neighbor are both against building walls. The speaker and his neighbor are both in favor of building walls. The speaker is in favor of building walls, while the neighbor is more skeptical D) The neighbor is in favor of building walls, while the speaker is more skeptical ade,

2) Choose two quotes from the poem which portray the neighbor as misguided and misinformed A) He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors." B) n Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." I could say "Elves to him D)​

Answer 1

These questions refer to the poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost.

1) What can the reader infer about the speaker and his neighbor?

D) The neighbor is in favor of building walls, while the speaker is more skeptical

The options' letter for question 2 are a bit confusing, so I will not write the letters, only the quotes.

2) Choose two quotes from the poem which portray the neighbor as misguided and misinformed

- He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head

- He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well

Step-by-step explanation:

In "Mending Wall", the speaker does not see a good reason for him and his neighbor to rebuild the wall that separates their properties. According to the speaker, there is nothing there to be separated. He thinks the wall creates an obstacle that is unnecessary.

He also views his neighbor as a misguided, stubborn person. The neighbor has learned that walls are important and has never questioned that, seeing it as a fact. Even if the speaker tried to make him open his mind and question the need for a wall, the neighbor would most likely keep on repeating "Good fences make good neighbors." That is frustrating to the speaker, so he simply keeps on rebuilding the wall.