FREE ESSAY ON HOME BURIAL

HOME BURIAL

Robert Frost's Home Burial is a narrative poem that speaks of life's tragedies. Robert
Frost's writing style is very straight-forward and direct. In Home Burial the setting
appears to be the background of a tragedy that centers around the death of a child. It is
important for the reader to recognize that Home Burial was pubished in 1914. That gives
the reader a better insight to understand the husband's reaction to the death of the
child. During this time period Society dictated that men should not show their true
feelings. Therefore, men tended to have dealt with conflicts by working hard and being
domineering. Home Burial demonstrates how one tragedy can cause another to occur. There
are three different tragedies that transpire throughout this poem. The first tragedy is
the burial of the child. The second tragedy is the burial of the marriage. Finally, the
most symbolic and ironic tragedy is the burial of the home. Because of unfortunate
circumstances the three things closely associated with this home becomes buried. All of
these tragedies occurred as a result of the child's burial. This couple's marriage could
not survive such an emotional loss. Therefore the marriage becomes buried. When the
marriage became buried the home became its own burial spot for this family's life. Home
Burial tells a tale of tragedy in one family's life. Robert Frost portrayed a very
realistic chain reaction to tragedy in Home Burial