... . In Robert Frost's poem, Home Burial, he writes about a couple experiencing problems in their marriage. These problems recently occurred when his wife Amy's baby died. The man and Amy are arguing because Amy does not talk to him any more. When Amy has something on her mind she walks off and talks to someone else about it. All he wants is for them to ... in the poem he says that he will no speak on things that she is sensitive about, all he wants is for Amy to be able to talk to him. This poem ends with Amy walking out the door and her husband yelling that he will follow behind her and b...

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... taking her mother-loss of a first child so inconsolably." The peace treaty he offers is "to bind himself to keep hands off anything special Amy is a-mind to name," which seems sincere, but not effective. He is always straightforward and uses numerous imperative clauses, such as "Don't ... " and "Don't carry it to someone else this time," to emphasize his unwillingness of her leaving, and more importantly his caring for Amy, which is obviously not caught by her. However, a woman needs more than just some commands; she wants to feel connected to him, but the ... like "I wish you were stan...

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... her position would be due. The husband shows his intimidating behavior in the very early stages of the poem. The scene is set with the wife, Amy, looking out the kitchen window while staring at her child's grave. Her husband immediately starts "advancing toward her" and demands to know what she is ... even acknowledgement of his insensitivity on the day he buried their child, he replies "God, if I don't believe I"m cursed" (Frost 103). At this, Amy continues to let him know how she feels; at the end of her outpouring he simply believes that she is finished with her breakdown and has let i...

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... instead of separating. Their conflicting emotions, and lack of communication regarding their son"s death are a cause for the need of separation. The poem starts off with Amy, the wife standing on the stairs, looking out the window at her child's grave. She has an expression of fear on her face which she quickly changes to ... husband takes his time looking out the window too. He finally realizes what she is staring at but, she does not believe him. This stanza shows that Amy is still mourning for her dead child and she has not put the death behind her, although she believes that her husb...

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... having problems comprehending his wife's actions as well as having a lack in vocabulary to explain to his wife how he feels. On the other hand, Amy cannot begin to fathom the idea that her husband may not be the person she thought that she had married. Her view is distorted by an innate ... the relationship may eventually stabilize and result in some practical unity. Grief must be shared between husband and wife if a marriage is to remain strong. Amy's reasoning is based on her own grief distorted imagining and the manner in which she perceives her husband's actions in" digging the grave...

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... about the problem. "If you had any feelings, you that dug with your own hand-how could you?-his little grave" (ll. 66-67). Through the quote, we see that Amy openly grieves and how she had deeply misunderstood her husband's intentions. He worked hard and quickly buried his child, while also trying to bury his memory of the child's death ... husband does not mourn as she does over the child's death, and she quickly interrupts his thought. Through setting and symbols in the poem, we see how Frost characterizes both Amy and her husband differently. They have conflicting attitudes regarding...

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... duty as pointing out another point of view. This is heard as disloyalty by women." Another connection I made was the switching of the topics during a conversation. In the poem, while Amy (the wife) was trying to explain her misery towards the child's death, the husband began talking about the fence that needed fixing. This to was explained in the article. On ... ...

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... his work. In England Frost finally achieved his first literary success. Publishing his book of Poems "A Boy's Will", also Robert met other American Poets in England including fellow New Englander Amy Lowell and the avant-garde writer Ezra Pound. Frost's poetry help provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and the 20th century. (www.Encarta.com) Poetry is ... ...

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