Home Burial

Robert Frost

1. What type of poet is Robert Frost?

Ans: Robert Frost is a regional poet.

2. Why is Robert Frost called a modern poet? 

Ans: Robert frost is called a modern poet because modern elements like isolation, alienation, communication gap between individuals etc. are present in his poems.  

3. What is the subject matter of the poem "Home Burial"?

Ans: The subject matter of the poem "Home Burial" is the communication gap between the husband and the wife, created because of the difference in the expression of their grief over the death of their first born.

4. What is the theme of the poem "Home Burial"?

Ans: The theme of the poem "Home Burial" is the difference between the husband and the wife in the expression of their grief over the death of their first born.

5. Who died in the poem "Home Burial"?

Ans: The first born child of Amy and her husband died in the poem “Home Burial”.

6. Who dug the grave in the poem “Home burial”? 

Ans: The husband dug the grave in the poem “Home burial”  

7. Who is Amy?

Ans: Amy is the name of the female character in Home Burial by Robert Frost.

8. Why was Amy angry with her husband in Frost's poem "Home Burial"?

Ans: In Frost's poem "Home Burial”, Amy was angry with her husband because he dug the grave of their child himself.

9. What is the complain of the wife about her husband in “Home Burial”?

Ans: In “Home Burial” the complain of the wife about her husband is that he is devoid of fatherly emotions and is capable of engaging into day to day affairs immediately after digging grave for his dead child.

10. "Don't, don't, don't, don't" she cried-who cried? Why?

Ans: Amy cried, "Don't, don't, don't, don't" because she was not ready to hear anything regarding the death or burial of her first born baby.

11. What did Amy see from up?

Ans: Amy saw the grave of her dead child from up.

12. What does Amy see through the window of the staircase? 

Ans: Amy sees the grave of her dead child through the window of the staircase.

13. What is name of wife in "Home Burial"?

Ans: Name of the wife in "Home Burial" is Amy.

14. Why does Amy misunderstand her husband?

Ans: Amy misunderstands her husband for thinking him to be emotionless and for digging the grave of their child.

15. What type of mother is Amy in poem "Home Burial"?

Ans: In the poem "Home Burial", Amy is very emotional as a mother. 

16. What is a dramatic monologue?

Ans: A dramatic monologue is a kind of lyric poem in which a single speaker expresses his views and feelings throughout the poem to a silent listener.

17. Why does the wife want to leave her husband? 

Ans: The wife wants to leave her husband because she thinks that her husband had no grief for the dead child.

18. What is modernism?

Ans: Modernism is a philosophical movement in arts and literature breaking down the rigid force of classicism.

19. What is New England?

Ans: New England is a northeastern region of the United States comprising the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.  

20. Who are Yankees?

Ans: Yankees are the inhabitants of New England or one of the northern states.