1) This poem is about human nature. People have a natural tendency to build up
walls. They push people out and shut people off. However, at the same time we
want to not have to build these walls. We want to have a life without walls and
let everyone into our lives. I think Frost feels a little of both when he speaks
of mending the walls. (Lines 13-14) "And on a day we meet to walk the line,
And set the wall between us once again". The two neighbors meet and come
together, yet they push each other away once again. This shows both tendencies
to come together and build walls to keep apart. 2) To me a wall is just a
barrier separating two people or things. The Berlin wall for example, this wall
separated two countries. It was inevitable that one day this wall would come
down. Walls must come down. Walls do not make good neighbors. Walls are things
like discrimination or social injustice. Walls are not a good thing to have. If
the world had less walls, we would be more unified and would live in a much
happier place. 3) Blank verse seems to be effective in this poem because with
every new line, a new idea is developed. It isn’t like a poem with stanzas
however because stanzas tend to focus on one idea. Frost joins all his lines
together while still focusing on different ideas. He uses this style of poetry
to help in developing the theme. Everything flows together yet stands apart line
by line.