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. …showed first 75 words of 236 total…

…showed last 75 words of 236 total…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"