Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: "Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him, But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself. What is the speaker's mood in this excerpt?

unhappy

playful

childish

determined

Playful

Explanation:

Not only is he joking, but there is a light mood surrounding the writing!

Playful.

Explanation:

Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall" talks about two neighbors who meet and come together only when they need to mend the wall that separates their territories. This poem delves into the lives of people with their neighbors, and what the relationship is like.

In the given passage from the poem, the speaker playfully admits "spring is the mischief in me". Then he began to wonder so many thoughts into his mind, the purpose of mending the fence. He would like "to know what I was walling in or walling out", and who to blame for any offence. He even imagines that there are "elves" who "doesn't love a wall, that wants it down". These lines shows the speaker is in a jovial, playful mood while mending the fence with his neighbor.