The Poetry of Robert Frost
Mending Wall
What does Frost imply by the phrase, “Like an old stone savage armed” (line 41)? 3.5 Points. Single choice.
A. The neighbor continues to work hard like an Army soldier in “boot camp” training.
B. The neighbor works to rebuild the wall every day from “dawn till dusk.”
C. The neighbor is about to hurt the speaker with a stone
D. The impulse to build walls is ingrained in human nature
E. “Good fences make good neighbors”