Question

mending wall by robert frost something there is that doesnt love a wall, that sends the frozen - ground - swell under it, and spills the upper boulders in the sun; and makes gaps even two can pass abreast. the work of hunters is another thing: i have come after them and made repair where they have left not one stone on a stone, but they would have the rabbit out of hiding, to please the yelping dogs. the gaps i mean, no one has seen them made or heard them made, but at spring mending - time we find them there. i let my neighbor know beyond the hill; and on a day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again. we keep the wall between us as we go. to each the boulders that have fallen to each. and some are loaves and some so nearly balls we have to use a spell to make them balance: stay where you are until our backs are turned! we wear our fingers rough with handling them. oh, just another kind of out - door game, one on a side. it comes to little more: there where it is we do not need the wall: he is all pine and i am apple orchard. my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines, i tell him. he only says, good fences make good neighbors. select the correct answer. what is one possible theme expressed in robert frosts poem? a. open communication is the key to a good relationship. b. barriers can create hatred between neighbors. c. it is important to respect personal space. d. tradition can be difficult to change.

Explanation:

The speaker questions the need for the wall between him and his neighbor, but the neighbor adheres to the traditional saying "Good fences make good neighbors", indicating resistance to change.

Answer:

D. Tradition can be difficult to change.