Lines from Mending Wall by Robert Frost that build tension include these:
- And makes gaps even two can pass abreast
- We keep the wall between us as we go
- "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
These lines build tension as it shows the disconnect between the speaker and an unnamed presence also described throughout the poem as well as shows intimidation or hostility in the last line.
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The people of the village suffered much during the great Famine.
