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.

Explanation: In the poem the neighbor insists on the line because it’s a proverb he learned from his father—he uses it as a familiar justification for keeping the wall, not because of immediate practical concerns.