In “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost uses analogies to demonstrate the barriers in a damaged friendship. Frost's analogies are used in the themes of barriers, nature, and walls. Throughout the poem, Frost uses metaphors to allow the reader to see the wall, separating the neighbors from a different perspective. His use of similes appeals to the reader because, as a reader, these are things we can relate to and experience in life. His use of analogies allows the reader to imagine a friendship torn apart. In the poem “Mending Wall,” the friendship of the speaker and his neighbor is damaged. They have both physical and emotional barriers. In lines 40-42 he says: “Before I built a wall, I asked to know what I was walling up inside or outside, and to whom I was likely to offend. » It's obvious the speaker doesn't like this idea, and it poses both a physical and emotional barrier. In lines 10-14 the speaker says, “I mean the gaps, no one saw or heard them being made, but at the time of the spring repair we find them there. » The speaker and his neighbor spent a long time without realizing the gap that was forming between them. This is an example of a physical and emotional barrier. In lines 48 and 49, the speaker says: “Bringing a stone firmly grasped from above in each hand, like an armed old stone savage. It is also a physical and emotional barrier. These barriers are also demonstrated in the use of nature and metaphors. In the poem “Mending Wall,” the speaker frequently speaks of a wall. In lines 40-42 he says: “Before I built a wall, I asked to know what I was walling up inside or outside, and to whom I was likely to offend. » A wall can symbolize many things. This can symbolize an emotional or physical barrier. The wall is physically...... middle of paper ...... which means the wall is torn down. The elves are used as a metaphor for the forces that bring down the wall and force them to rebuild the wall. Also in the definition of an elf there is talk of malicious interference in human affairs. So it makes sense that the neighbor would say that the elves were the cause of the wall falling. Frost's use of analogies makes the reader feel as if they are one of the neighbors in the poem. His use of comparisons engages the reader because they are very pragmatic. His work is full of obstacles that we, as people, encounter in our relationships and can relate to. After reading this poem, the reader has a better understanding of what the wall actually symbolizes. "Mending Wall" allows the reader to see the poem from a different perspective and put themselves in the speaker's shoes..