Question

Why does the neighbor say that “good fences make good neighbours” in "Mending Wall"?
He does not like the poem’s speaker.
He doesn’t want cows in his fields.
He is worried about people being on his land.
He is repeating what his father used to say.

Answer 1

He’s repeating what his father used to say. The neighbor insists on the proverb out of habit/tradition rather than from a present practical need.