For those who have read the great poem "Mending Wall"

Question

the speaker makes judgements of the neighbour.. but what suggests the speaker's sense of superiority?

Answer 1

I agree - it is a great poem.

The speaker says of his neighbour

"he moves in darkness as it seems to me..."

Does this suggest a sense of superiority?

Wish I could help you with this - but I'm not sure why the speaker should feel superior - sorry.

Answer 2

love it

Answer 3

I think it is these lines

"Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder

If I could put a notion in his head"

There is a slight sense of intellectual superiority here. He knows, his neighbors fixed and unflinching views yet he cant resist to challenge him, to force him into defending it. Viewed from a certain point of view, you can read this as a mild insult to his less introspective neighbor

Answer 4

I don't think he has a sense of superiority, just a different point of view.  He regards the constant maintenance of the wall as a waste of time and questions his neighbours obsession with it.