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 neighbours."
what effect does frost's use of figurative language have on the overall
meaning of this excerpt?
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a. frost uses personification to give the wall human qualities to
show that the neighbor is being stubborn.
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b. frost uses a metaphor to compare apple trees to grazing animals
in order to show that the wall is unnecessary.
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c. frost uses personification to give the apple tree animal-like
qualities to show that the wall is necessary.
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d. frost uses a metaphor to compare apple trees to pine trees to
show that the neighbors feel differently about the wall.