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1. 1.

   Complete the summary of the poem given below by filling in the blanks:

   boundaries	wall	down	spring time
   neighbours	fences	gaps	apples
   boulders	pines	mend

    

   Nature does not seem to love ______1______. Every time a ______2_____ is built, some strange force takes pleasure in bringing it ______3______. One wonders, who made these ______4______ in the walls. At ______5______, the owners of the two adjacent fields ______6______ the gaps by filling in the ______7______.They don,t need a wall according to the poet. While one of them grows ______8______, the other one grows ______9______. The poet's neighbour believes that walls are essential, as good ______10______ make good ______11______.

2. 2.

   Who, according to the poet is responsible for breaking the wall down repeatedly?
3. 3.

   In which season do they discover the wall broken?
4. 4.

   Who had made these gaps?
5. 5.

   Why does the poet talk of 'loaves' and 'balls'?

6. 6.

   Why does the poet think it silly to have a wall between the two farms?