write an argument
focusing on the issues of pattern and
definition regarding Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” poem. (Issues of definition: In arguments about literature, issues of definition
arise most often when readers try to decide what an author means by a particular word) (Issues of pattern. With issues of pattern, you observe how a text is organized and try to determine how certain parts of the text relate to other parts. But think, too, about the meaning and purpose of any pattern you find, especially
since readers may disagree about the pattern’s significance.
