Duologue and monologue to increase dramatic tension mending wall and home burial
The poems 'Mending Wall' and 'Home Burial' are about division, both on a physical level and on a mental level. 'Mending Wall' on first reading is a very simplistic poem about the annual repairing of a wall but after closer reading we can see it has a darker meaning. The poem begins with a disjointed sentence, which immediately attracts the reader's eye. 'Something there is that doesn't love a wall,'The use of the word 'Something' arouses the reader's curious nature to read on to find out what this 'Something' is. The tone of this is casual and unimposing. The author proceeds in a conversational tone speaking of the reasons to explain the breaking down of the wall. The reasons given are all quite practical but yet through these reasons we get a glimpse of the message, which the author desperately wants us to find. 'And make gaps even two can pass abreast.'Even though the poem is about division and separation we have a theme of unity in this line creeping through. The speaker expresses an awe of nature and a deep-rooted respect this is displayed in the way he talks about the breaking of the wall by nature. 'That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulders in the sun,'
'And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. Oh, I won't, I won't!'The repetition of 'I won't' proves the determination she puts behind it she hates the world, herself and her husband for their child's death. She is apprehensive about moving from this stance as shown by her hesitant steps on the stairs. She wants to break free from the claustrophobic atmosphere within herself. She hurts him to let him know how she feels, she attacks the person she needs the most and who loves her the most. 'He is referring to the social attitude to women and their emotions. He is a serious man with little time for 'flights of fantasy' the speaker describes him as an 'old-stone savage armed. The hatred for her husband has erupted because she saw him dig the child's grave. There is never any direct speech between the two men but yet through the speaker we learn about what the other man thinks about the wall.
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I'm Unlike,
'mending wall',
child's death,
'home burial',
blind creature',
breaking wall,
feels disgusted,
mourn loss,
lashes husband,
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