Robert Frost's The Death Of A Hired Man

Racquell Becca

October 20, 2014

The Death of a Hired Man

The Death of a Hired Man in my opinion is a typical poem by Robert Frost in which the author himself is convinced that ‘death’ is peaceful at home or to which we call home . Frost’s obsession surrounding death was depicted in various poems after and before the coming of The Death of a Hired Man. One standing out more than others is Home Burial which is a poem that was written nearly two years after. This poem was literally the ending of Frost’s “Death” obsession. Frost, sketching a picture of a saddened mother staring out of a window after glimpsing the grave of her dead son. Like in The death of a Hired Man, the wife is overwhelmed with grief and can’t control her distress. The husband is oblivious as to why his wife is weeping. The similarity wife The Death of a Hired man the wife is angered by the lack of emotion that her husband has towards the situation this shows the ability for a man to conceal their emotions. In a flash the rolls switch and the wife becomes insensitive more like the husband in The Death of a Hired Man. The husband becomes in tuned and is shown in a new light of concern much like the wife in The Death of a Hired Man. Frustrated at his ignorance, She tries to leave the house; he begs her to stay, for once, and share her grief with him to give him a chance. He doesn’t understand what it is he has done to offend her or why she should grieve outwardly so long. She