The Poetry of Robert Frost

Part A: What does Frost imply by the phrase, “Like an old stone savage armed” (line 41)?

Its from the "Mending Wall" book. I NEED THIS ANSWER ASAP PLZ.

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In the poem "Mending Wall," the term "old-stone savaged armed" is used to describe the neighbor. The speaker refers to the neighbor as an "old-stone savage armed" because he is old fashioned using primitive stones to build a primitive wall because his neighbor has a primitive mind.