This document summarizes and provides context for two poems: "Languages" by Carl Sandburg, published in 1916 as part of his collection "Chicago Poems" during World War I, focusing on global social barriers and the mixing of languages; and "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost, published in 1915, about the speaker and his neighbor rebuilding a wall between their properties in New Hampshire, where the saying "Good fences make good neighbors" originated.

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2. Languages Carl Sandburg (1916)

3. 1916 • "Languages" was written as part of the collection "Chicago Poems"... • "Chicago Poems" was published in the middle of Word War I. • Many countries in various parts of the world were in great conflict. • His focus, global social "barriers" and the life of languages. • " Crossing borders and mixing.Languages die like rivers. "

4. Mending Walls Robert Frost (1915)

5. 1915 • In " Mending Wall " , Frost speaks about his upbringings in New Hampshire. • Poem is published in England, after Robert leaves New Hampshire. • The "Wall" is a fence between him and his good neighbor. • Homesick in England during WW1, he thinks of home where his farm failed. • “Good fences make good neighbors”...a saying coined by his old friend.