Question

In Mending Wall, what is most likely the author’s intent in the following lines to describe boulders? And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance

a) To imply that the boulders are eaten by some animals

b) To indicate that the boulders are different shapes and sizes

c) To explain that some boulders are hard and some are soft

d) To show that the neighbors use other objects when they run out of rocks

Answer 1

This excerpt comes from the poem “Mending Wall” written by Robert Frost. This poem challenges the necessity for people to build walls to separate themselves from each other.

Question: In Mending Wall, what is most likely the author’s intent in the following lines to describe boulders?

Answer: b) To indicate that the boulders are different shapes and sizes

Answer 2

Answer:

b) To indicate that the boulders are different shapes and sizes.

Explanation:

In these lines of Mending Wall by Robert Frost, the author uses these descriptions in order to indicate that the boulders were all of different shapes and sizes. He tells us that some of the boulders were loaves, which implies a longer shape. Some others were nearly balls, which implies that they more closely resembled spheres. The fact that they are all different shapes and sizes means that it was very difficult to balance them.