The Death of the Hired Man

by Robert Frost

Ans: Silas was the hired man or servant of Warren in the poem “The Death of the Hired Man” by Robert Frost.

Ans: The names of the couple in the poem ‘The Death of a Hired Man’ are Mary and Warren.

Ans: Silas is the hired man in the poem "The Death of the Hired Man".

Ans: Silas was Warren’s aged servant who came back from his futile search for new job.

Ans: Warren was the husband of Mary in the poem ‘The Death of the Hired Man’ by Robert Frost.

Ans: Harold Wilson is a school-going boy who used to work together with Silas in Warren’s firm.

Ans: Silas told Warren about bringing Wilson back to his farm so that Silas along with Wilson can work smoothly together in the farm.

Ans: Silas' brother was a bank manager.

Ans: Mary defines home as “Something you somehow haven’t to deserve”.

Ans: Mary defines home as "Something you somehow haven't to deserve."

Ans: Warren defines “Home” as "the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

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Ans: Mary was waiting for her husband to give him a briefing about the arrival of Silas who has come ‘home’ to die.

Ans: Warren wasn’t satisfied with Silas because he was in the habit of working for others when Warren needed him most.

Ans: Mary sent Warren towards the stove where Silas was asleep.

Ans: Mary sent Warren to Silas so that he can physically see the present condition of Silas and be sympathetic to him.

Ans: Mary tells Warren not to talk loudly because it may disturb the sleep of Silas.

Ans: The moon being obscured by a cloud in "The Death of the Hired Man" symbolizes the death of Silas.

Ans: Mary believed that Silas returned home to die.

Ans: Silas left his job with Warren because the later was unable to provide Silas with pocket money necessary for buying tobacco.

Ans: The answer Warren gave to Silas' request for fixed wages is that he couldn’t afford to pay any fixed wages in spite of his desire to pay.

Ans: Marry told her husband about Silas that he had come home to die.

Ans: Warren remarked that Silas was no good any more for service and there was nobody to hire and accommodate him at his old age.

Ans: The definition of home given in the poem "The Death of the Hired Man" is ‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.’

Ans: Mary’s attitude to Silas is motherly in nature. She wants to provide Silas with shelter.

Ans: The name of the hired man is Silas.

Ans: Silas left his job with Warren because the later was unable to provide him with pocket money necessary to buy tobacco.

Ans: Waren mocked Mary gently for taking in a way that Silas belonged to the home where the live in.

Ans: Mary was waiting for her husband to give him a briefing about the arrival of Silas who has come ‘home’ to die.

Ans: The moon in The Death of the Hired Man symbolizes the life of Silas.

Ans: According to Frost, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in.”