Robert Frost’s Poetry Answers

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What “mischief” does the speaker do?

He tears down the wall each spring.

He questions the tradition of wall-mending.

He wants the neighbor’s cows to get lost.

He doesn’t mind offending other people.

Describe the speaker’s view of his neighbor.

He thinks that his neighbor is old-fashioned.

He thinks that his neighbor is proud to be a farmer.

He thinks that his neighbor is a savage.

He thinks that his neighbor is useless.

Which two forces are in opposition in these two excerpts from the poem?

ambiguity and clarity

the pleasure of disorder and the oppressiveness of order

the breaking down of structure and the preservation of structure

natural patterns and family patterns

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