In the poem "Mending Wall,"" the author Robert Frost conveys the theme of "good fences make good neighborsâ€" through some of the statements in his work.
             The poem shows that even though fences are not natural, men need fences to live happy lives. The poem states, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, and spills the upper boulders in the sun."" This statement demonstrates how unnatural walls are because the boulders that make up the wall keep getting knocked down. The poem also expresses, "And on one day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go."" After the wall gets knocked down, the two neighbors get together to repair ir. One can assume that by repairing the wall, the two neighbors are preserving their relationship, not to mention privacy, by fixing the wall that keeps them apart from one another.
             It is demonstrated in the poem how the neighbors have a good relationship because of the privacy provided by the wall. It is stated that "There where it is we do not need a wall. He is all pine and I am apple orchard. My apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines."" Even if the wall is not really necessary, it gives a sense of security to the neighbors. Because of the wall, the neighbors know that they will not trespass and bother each other. The speaker says "Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out."" Even though the speaker finds no apparent reason for building the wall, he still does it. The neighbors build the wall to have a larger sense of privacy.
             Even if the wall is helpful in the relationship of the neighbors, it is still unwanted by nature. The speaker says "The gaps I mean, no one has seen them made or heard them made, but at spring mending-time we find them there."" It is understood that it is unknown to the speaker who or ...