Question

Read the passage:

He moves in the darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.

What is the "darkness " the passage refers to ?


A.)shadows of dusk

B.)shade from the sun

C.)ignorance

D.)evil

Answer 1

The "darkness" that the passage refers to is C. ignorance.

The narrator is doubtful about mending the wall, but the neighbor repeats his father´s words and traditions 'Good fences make good neighbors', and acts in consequence. He thinks that mending the wall is being practical and doesn't want to hear the narrators opinion against its utility and grabs two stones 'like an old-stone savage' to repair the wall.