Read the lines from "Mending Wall."
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
How does the structure of "Mending Wall" affect the poem?
The poem is in one unrhymed stanza, which enforces the idea that this is an ongoing conversation between the speaker and his neighbor.
The poem is in one rhyming stanza to show how important it is for the speaker to convince his neighbor about his opinion on borders.
The poem is in multiple unrhymed stanzas to show that the conversation between the speaker and his neighbor is fragmented.
The poem is in multiple rhyming stanzas to break up the conversation between the speaker and his neighbor into different time periods.