The Mending Wall
Beginning of paper
Humans have an uncanny ability to place themselves at a comfortable distance from each other and call it a “mutual understanding,” a “friendship,” or even “true love,” but it is all lies. The essence of man’s mystery is somewhat of a paradox. He yearns to become more familiar with tho ....
Middle of paper
.... wall.
And, to stress the point, the speaker facetiously adds:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
One may find far-reaching connotations in this poem. As well as that it states one of the greatest difficulties of our time: whether national walls should be made stronger for our safety, or whether they should be let down, since they impede our progress toward understanding and eventual common huma ....
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Word count: 758
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
