ines thirty-three through thirty-five She withdrew, shrinking from beneath his arm / That rested on the banister, and slid downstairs; / And turned on him with such a daunting look, line forty-seven Her fingers moved the latch a little and line one-hundred and eighteen She was opening the door wider. These movements let the reader know that Amy has gone downstairs, and is trying to go out the door. He describes different scenes in lines twenty-four through thirty-one The little graveyard where my people are! / So small the window frames the whole of it. / Not so much larger than a bedroom, is it? / There are three stones of slate and one of marble, / Broad-shouldered little slabs there in the sunlight / On the sidehill. We havent to mind those. / But I understand: it is not the stones, / But the childs mound. These lines are describing their family graveyard. In lines seventy-nine through eighty-one Making the gravel leap and leap in air, / Leap up, like that, like that, and land so lightly / and roll back down the mound beside the hole, Amy is describing what she saw when her husband was digging their childs grave. In lines eighty-eight through ninety-two You could sit there with the stains on your shoes / Of the fresh earth from your own babys grave / And talk about your everyday concerns. / You had stood the spade up against the wall / Outside there in the entry, for I saw it, Amy lets her husband know she remembers everything he did, and how it angered her. Lastly line one-hundred and fifteen Amy! Theres someone coming down the road! All of these lines come together to form the poems imagery. 3Frost also gives the reader a sense of what is going on through the overall tone of the poem. Home Burial is a poem about a doomed relationship. Therefore, the tone of the poem has a sense of depression and anger. The depression mainly comes from Amy. The first three stanzas let you know she is upset about the death of her child....
