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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry

Question 1 • IC English 11 - Deering

What “mischief” does the speaker do?

Answer
A
He tears down the wall each spring.
B
He questions the tradition of wall-mending.
C
He wants the neighbor’s cows to get lost.
D
He doesn’t mind offending other people.

Explanation

In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” the speaker says that spring brings out mischief in him, and he wonders why a wall is needed between their properties. He points out that his apple trees will not cross over and eat the neighbor’s pine cones, so he questions the tradition of repairing the wall. The correct choice is “He questions the tradition of wall-mending.”

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