Question

What is the poetic form of this excerpt from Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"?
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well

A.
free verse
B.
blank verse
C.
ballad
D.
sonnet
E.
elegy

Answer 1

Answer:

In Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," the speaker considers the idea of the wall in his yard and wonders why it is necessary. He prefers that there is no wall between he and his neighbor so they... ... Each year, a couple of neighbors meet up to repair the stone wall that divides their respective properties

Explanation:

D sonnet

Answer 2

Answer: D) Sonnet

Explanation:

• Here we need to understand what is a sonnet.
• A poem is said to be in a sonnetic form if it is written in a fourteen line form with a proper rhyming and poetic scheme.
• In this poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost he has written this in the form of a sonnet very precisely.
• Hence,option D is the correct answer.

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