Mending Wall

1. What are the boundaries in the poem?
1. The boundaries in the poem are the fence separating the two farmers when one of them doesn't care about the fence.
2. Give examples of two language techniques used in the poem and explain their purpose or meaning or effect.
2. Two language techniques are exaggeration because the farmer exaggerates when he says "stay where you are while our backs are turned". Another language technique is simlie for example "like an old-stoned savage armed".