{"id":29436,"date":"2026-02-22T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29436"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:09:11","slug":"hey-i-just-noticed-your-sign-quotes-mending-wall-by-robert-frost-but-isnt-the-point-of-the-poem-that-the-poet-doesnt-think-that-good-senses-make-good-neighbors-so-what-do-you-think-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/02\/22\/hey-i-just-noticed-your-sign-quotes-mending-wall-by-robert-frost-but-isnt-the-point-of-the-poem-that-the-poet-doesnt-think-that-good-senses-make-good-neighbors-so-what-do-you-think-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"hey i just noticed your sign quotes Mending Wall by Robert Frost but isn&#8217;t the point of the poem that the poet DOESN&#8217;T think that good fences make good neighbors? So what do you think it means?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AW022226-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AW022226-1.jpeg\" alt=\"hey i just noticed your sign quotes Mending Wall by Robert Frost but isn't the point of the poem that the poet DOESN'T think that good fences make good neighbors? So what do you think it means?\" class=\"wp-image-29434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AW022226-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AW022226-1-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AW022226-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">hey i just noticed your sign quotes Mending Wall by Robert Frost but isn&#8217;t the point of the poem that the poet DOESN&#8217;T think that good fences make good neighbors? So what do you think it means?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poems are like a hall of mirrors reflecting how complicated humans can be. If you want a clear statement, look anywhere but poems. I&#8217;d like to recommend an essay about the poem and how it&#8217;s been read and mis-read through the years: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/pf-mending-wall.\">bit.ly\/pf-mending-wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poems are like a hall of mirrors reflecting how complicated humans can be. If you want a clear statement, look anywhere but poems. I&#8217;d like to recommend an essay about the poem and how it&#8217;s been read and mis-read through the years: bit.ly\/pf-mending-wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29436"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29442,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29436\/revisions\/29442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}