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Living in America is a unique experience for all of us. Our nation is truly diverse. However, even with a common national home, we continue to erect boundaries around types and groups of people. The two poems, “Mending Wall” and “Pigeons” portray the feeling of American social boundaries. Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” is about barriers people live within for no logical reason. Frost shows immediately that there is something wrong when he begins the …

…is mainly focusing on the Ignorance and Traditional pre judgment toward Hispanics. The structure of the poems was also different. Hernandez poem was written in a unique way and it was structured to emphasize and separate different thoughts. Regardless of their similarities or differences, each poem stands alone. “Mending Wall” and “Pigeons” are Great poems. They also happen to compliment one another greatly. Both urge us to rethink the things we sometimes take for granted.