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In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” the poet explores the theme of the effects of separation and barriers on relationships. The stylistic devices that are used by the poet include the following: repetition, parallelism, metaphor and paradox. One of the above stylistic devices is illustrated by the following: “To each the boulders have fallen to each” (l. 13). This use of parallelismand repetition shows not only the fact that there is a physicalbarrier between him and his neighbor, but that he and his neighbor are on opposite sides of a mental barrier. Frost also employs ...