The Hidden Meaning of the Mending Wall by Robert Frost"Mending Wall" is a poem written by the poet Robert Frost. The poem describes two neighbors repairing a fence between their properties. It is obvious, however, that this situation is a metaphor for the relationship between two people. The wall is the manifestation of the emotional barricade that separates them. In this situation the voice "I" wants to tear down this barricade while its "neighbor" wants to maintain it. “Neighbor” is a metaphor here for two people who are emotionally close to each other. “Good fences make good neighbors,” is a phrase the author emphasizes by using it twice. The "neighbor" says the line while the main character disagrees. He cannot see that there is something between them that they must "wall or wall". The voice "I" sees himself as a good-humoured person. He is evidently worried because someone he cares about is excluding him. He thinks his "neighbor" has a dark character. “He is all pine and I am apple,” the poem says. Pine is a dark tree while apple trees have white flowers. In "Mending Wall" the main character finds gaps in the fence. I think the emotions between the characters create these gaps. He informs the neighbor and together they repair the fence with boulders. When they meet they argue or have communication problems. That's why they manage to repair the barricade that separates them. However, I would argue that their emotions, especially those of the main character, try to unbalance the boulders so that the wall can be leveled to the ground. The balance of the boulders is a symbol of their meetings; “We need to use a spell to make them balance.” “We have rough fingers,” the author writes about handling boulders. One could interpret this to mean that the encounters between these two "neighbors" are very hard for them. This is a long, one-stanza narrative poem. All lines have five accents and are written in iambic pentameter or blank verse, which was also the meter chosen by Shakespeare in his plays.