Question

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: "Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down."

Now read “The Pasture,” also by Robert Frost.
I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan’t be gone long.—You come too. I’m going out to fetch the little calf That’s standing by the mother. It’s so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I shan’t be gone long.—You come too.

Which best accounts for the different views of spring expressed in the poems? A.Frost’s opinions changed through time.
B.The poems have different speakers.
C. Frost’s speakers represent his own views.
D.The poems were written at different locations.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. 

Poems are not like diaries, even if they are written in the first person. This means that the "I" in a poem is not the voice of the poet, but rather is the voice of a whole other character, the speaker (who is equivalent to the narrator of a novel). Each poem will have its own distinct speaker, which accounts for the different views of spring in this question. 

Answer 2

The correct option is B.
Looking at the two passages given above, it will be observed that the opinions given about springs and cattle in the two excerpt differ; this shows that those views are been expressed by two different personalities. The first passage talks about a man, who hate to put up a wall, since he has no cattle. He believes that walls are only needed when one has cattle, the walls prevent the cattle from disturbing neighbors. The other man on the other hand has cattle.