Consider both the comedic and tragic aspects (and the potential relation between the two) in Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.”

In “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, there are two neighbors who have conflicting views about a wall built between their properties. One neighbor believes the wall serves little purpose, while one believes there should be a wall. This poem is ironic due to several phrases brought up. The phrase”Good fences make good neighbors” implies that the more time the neighbors spend away from each other, the more they will get along. While having personal space is useful, having a barrier limits how much the neighbors can interact with each other. This is also tragic because it shows that one neighbor would rather just keep away from the other, and spend time fixing a wall that has been beaten down by nature. Nature destroying the wall could show that people are supposed to be closer to each other by nature, rather than staying apart.