Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." He is all pine and I am apple orchard. My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him. He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours." Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker most likely think about the wall?

The speaker points out that his apple trees cannot cross the wall and eat the neighbor’s pine cones, suggesting there is no practical need for a barrier. The neighbor repeats, “Good fences make good neighbours,” but the speaker’s comment implies he does not agree that the wall is necessary. Therefore, the speaker most likely thinks the wall is unnecessary.

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