Question

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 wall protects his orchard.
The wall is in the wrong place.
The wall is too difficult to repair.
The wall is unnecessary.

Answer 1

The wall is unnecessary.

The speaker argues his apple trees "will never get across" to damage the neighbor's pines, so he sees no real need for the barrier while the neighbor insists on it as a rule.