1. Building and Breaking the Wall
Using tone and diction and imagery/symbols, the poems "Mending Wall", "A Hundred Collars", and "Home Burial" (among all the other poems) convey a unified theme of the book. ... Frost uses tone and diction to show that the narrator has a much more playful personality than his neighbor who seems fairly traditional. ... The poem "A Hundred Collars" also displays the theme through tone and diction, imagery and symbols. ... Using tone and diction, Frost displays the husband and wife's fear and misunderstanding. ...
- Word Count: 2189
- Approx Pages: 9
- Grade Level: High School