This document provides biographical information about American poet Robert Frost and analyzes his poem "Home Burial". It notes that Frost was born in 1874 in the US, won the Pulitzer Prize four times, and was known for his colloquial language and themes drawn from rural life. The document then analyzes "Home Burial", noting it depicts a marital conflict over the burial of their child, with verbal and nonverbal interactions revealing clashing emotions between the rational husband and grieving wife.

1.  Name: Khanjaniba M Gohil.
 Class: MA (Part-2).
 Semester: 3.
 Paper Name: The American Literature.
 Topic of presentation: Use of language in the poem
“Home burial” by Robert Frost.
 Suggested by: Heenaba Jhala.
 Dedicated to: The Department of English,
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University,
Bhavnagar.
 Email: khanjani.gohil1993@gmail.com.

2. Robert Frost
 Born in US on 26th March, 1874.
 Died on 29th January, 1963.
 Contribution as poet and playwright.
 Setting from rural to urban life.
 Four time got Pulitzer Prize in Literature.
 Won ‘Congressional Gold Medal’ in 1960, for his
poetical work of art.

3. Poems which were written in morning has been
became most famous.
 Colloquial approach to language- “ The sound of
sense”.
 Personal life was full of grief and loss.
 He has lost two children in his life.
 Jarell listed some poems as a masterpiece like:
“ A servant to servants”
“ Directive”
“ To Earth ward”
“ Mending Wall”
“ Stopping by Woods”….

5. HOME BURIAL
 Poem is all about a burial of a child.
 The poem is of two person narrative.
 Rituals are part of those human lives who believes
in these ideas.
 In the title of the poem ‘Burial’ indicates death.
 Whereas prefix ‘Home’ refers to a child’s death,
title in itself much clear about the subject matter.
 Verbal interaction and non verbal interaction
between husband and wife.
 Facial Expressions are also important.

7.  “ She turned and sank upon her skirts at that,
And her face changed from terrified to dull”.
 “ Can’t man speak of his own child he’s lost?”
“ My words are nearly always an offense…” , - wife
speaks this lines as a frustration.
 Language reflects what is beneath the person!!!
 Man presented here as a rational being in
comparison to a woman.

8.  Mother’s feelings and Father’s feelings, there is a
clash between two ideas.
 Sometime we laughs a lot when we are in grief or
when we are alone.
 Personal anxiety of Frost is also reflected here.
 ‘ Sometime silence speaks more than words.’

9.  At the end of the poem a wife opens the door and
tries to escape from the situation.
 Her husband assures that he will bring her back to
him, back to home.
 “ I will ! – “