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1、OnMendingWall　　【中图分类号】H31【文献标识码】A【文章编号】2095-3089（2013）09-0119-02　　“Beginningwithhappiness，endingwithwisdom”canbethebestdescriptionofRobertFrost’spoemswhichareseeminglysimplebutareinfactfullofmeanings.HeisgoodatdescribingcountrysceneryandcountrylifeinNewEnglandwithhisconcise，simple，a

2、ndhumorouslanguagewhichfascinatedbothreadersathomeandabroad.So，manycriticstendtocallhimoptimistic“countryphilosopher”andhispoemsareconsideredordinaryandsimplenaturalpoems.ThispaperisgoingtomakesomeinterpretationsonMendingWalltoillustratethispoint.　　I.DifferentviewsonMendingWall　　Int

3、ermsoftheprocessofpoeticcreation，wemaythink：ifapoethimselfisagreatartist，thepoemitselfmayhavedifferentfacetsofmeanings.ThecriticDavidA.SohnandRichardH.Tyreonceproposedthatthepoembeapoliticalpropaganda，socialanalysis，andrevelationofthepoet’sattitudetowardhumanrelationsandtherelationb

4、etweenpeopleandwork.AmericanpsychoanalystNormanN.Hollandinterpretedthispoemwithhis3psychoanalyticalapproachlikethis：“breakingthewallofalienationininfancyinordertoreturntothestateofintimacy…”Obviously，differentpeopledrewdifferentconclusionsfromthispoem.Whatimpressedmemostarethestruct

5、uralandrhetoricaldevicesusedinthispoem.　　II.ThestructuralandrhetoricaldevicesinMendingWall　　Thepoemtriestoshowpeople’smixedemotionstowardthewallinnatureorthewallintheirmindandalsorevealstheirlongingforunderstanding，peaceandfreedom.Frosthimselfshowedhisgreatingenuityinarrangingthestr

6、uctureofMendingWallandledreaderstoreadbetweenthelines.　　Forthecoherenceandunityofthewholepoem，thepoetadoptedadevice―thearrangementofsyntacticconstructionwhilehewascreatinghispoem.Hispurposewastoattractreader’sattentionbysuchanemphasisandhelpthembetterunderstandthethemeandmeaningofth

7、ispoem.ThestructureofMendingWallwascarefullyarrangedtoformaunity，whichstressesthethemebydramaticcontrast.Atfirst，wemayseethesetwolines：　　1.Somethingthereisthatdoesn’tloveawall.　　2.“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.”　　Wemayfindtheprivilegeofthepositionofexample1.（Line1）.Here“something”isp

8、utinthedominantplac