Mending Wall
The assignment is to write an argument focusing on the issues of pattern and
definition regarding Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” poem. (Issues of definition: In arguments about literature, issues of definition arise most often when readers try to decide what an author means by a particular word) (Issues of pattern.
With issues of pattern, you observe how a text is organized and try to determine how certain parts of the text relate to other parts. But think, too, about the meaning and purpose of any pattern you find, especially since readers may disagree about the pattern’s significance.
Also ponder the implications of any moment when a text breaks with a pattern it has been following. Disruptions of a pattern may be as important as the pattern itself). Requires 8 paragraph minimum,
