Home Burial is a poem by Robert Frost

Home Burial is a poem by Robert Frost

Home Burial is a poem by Robert Frost. It has quite a few themes. There are themes of death, gender equality and communication between couples. The theme of death surrounds the whole story as the death of the child, and the death of the marriage create an atmosphere around the story.

Summary,

The poem "Home Burial" starts with a husband watching his wife as she walks down the stairs. She stops to look at something, but she does not tell his husband. Husband thinks that she's looking at their child's grave, in the family graveyard, which she can see through the window.

But as the husband climbs the stairs to talk to his wife, she does everything to avoid talking to her husband about their dead child. She feels trapped, and is trying to leave the house. The husband tries to convince her to talk to him, but she does not talk. He doesn't know how to have a conversation without angering her.

The wife, on the other hand, is so upset by the loss of her child that she is not able to be comforted. She can't understand how her husband can carry himself normally when she's been so covered by the loss. The dialogue between the two begins to develop and soon covers their differing ideas about relationships, life, and death.

The poem ends with a suspense. The wife has opened the door to leave, with her husband threatening to go after her and bring her back if she goes. We're left to guess whether or not she manages to get out, and what happens to the couple