https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5 Q22. How is the speaker of the poem confined by walls, social and political, through the neighbour's inability to recognise the lack of need for the wall? en-us 2016-10-27 01:43:46 UTC 2025-10-11 19:07:23 UTC hello@padlet.com nicolas_dicecco https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133798696 It is evident throughout the poem 'Mending Wall' that the protagonist is confined by walls, both social and political through his reluctance to share his discovery. This is done as the speaker concealed his findings based on the fear of rejection, but this is contrasted in the last couple of lines in which he alters his mood to suggest that he is non caring, almost mocking his neighbours, clear through the use of simile, 'like an old-stone savage armed'. He evidently seems to be not  worried about those around him. This is also impacted by the questioning of how much our beliefs are shaped by tradition, and is tradition an impediment to discovery? ]]> 2016-10-28 01:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133798696 cooper_greenberg https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133798799 The confinement of the speaker is evident through the way in which he chooses not to share his discovery. This comes from a fear of breaking tradition. The context in which the poem exists is one in which tradition is highly valued, exemplified through the neighbour's repeated adage, "Good fences make good neighbours."]]> 2016-10-28 01:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133798799 eoin_osullivan https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133799231 When faced with choices which affect the surrounding world one may become confined in the web of opposing choices. The narrator is given two paths, either break from the illogical norm and effect change or continue in the habitual tradition of mending the wall. The narrator explores the illogical nature of the wall stating “we do not need a wall” and “my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines”. The narrator humorously plays with the idea that the only reason the wall exists is to separate the trees, the irony is they are separating what is natural. Whether Pine or Apple both are trees and in the wild they wouldn’t be confined by walls. People aren’t naturally confined by walls either, they’re a position of suspicion and protection from the unknown. The neighbour, a man of tradition, continues doing as he does and states “Good fences make good neighbours”. The idiomatic nature of the quote is as if the idea had been passed along by previous people. The narrator is trapped between the norm of tradition and the illogical nature of the wall. In the end however, he doesn’t break from the norm and continues living. Perhaps conforming to old societies is the true discovery, the idea that you cannot escape aspects of the past.]]> 2016-10-28 01:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133799231 patrick_meaney https://padlet.com/michael_diciaccio/mendingwall_g5/wish/133799433 The speaker/poet/narrator/author/creator/maker/designer/producer/generator/ of the poem is confined by social walls through his own reluctance to share his discovery. This barrier confines his own ideas and ability to communicate simply because he is being apathetic regarding the discovery, and in his mild frustration, purposely neglects trying to convince his neighbour of the futility of the wall-repairing activity. 

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