Thursday, February 17, 2011
Home Burial
This was a very sad poem to me. It looks into the struggle that couples face when they lose a child. The wife is very emotional and is still having a hard time with the lost of her child, while the husband is more indifferent and kind of hostile. She does not want him to speak of their child because it seems to her that he has no feeling on the subject which I am inclined to agree with her on. The husband does not really seem to have much feeling about the subject at all he is very nonchalant and matter of fact when talking of his child. His biggest concern is that Amy, his wife will not let him into her pain. "blind creature; and awhile he didn't see" I think refeers more to the fact that he does not understand his wifes pain or try to help her he is more of forcing his way in. The poem is not a happily ever after and ends with both of them very angry but I think it really shows the pain and emotion of people and how different people deal with grief.
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I agree that this poem shows the grief/suffering that a parent must go through if they lose a child. I really do feel that the husband actually loves his wife with all of his heart but he has NO idea how to approach the subject of loss with her. I feel that he is more FRUSTRATED than he is ANGRY. i believe they both are grieving in their own way and that they actually will resolve this lack of communication and move on with the relationship.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how this poem does not have a happy ending, I'm sure if the couple would have talk about the lost of their child the couple could have a better understanding about each other. I'm sure once the wife opens up to her husband she will be able to communicate with him once more. I know that grieving can be a hard process if one does not know how to approach it. I think that there could have been a happy ending only if she was ready to tell him how she feels.
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