Through his use of imagery, Robert Frost paints a picture for his audience that shows how emotional ignorance can lead to tragedy. According to Jay Parini in Robert Frost: A Life, Frost uses a lot of landscape depiction and imagery because of his Northern New England influence. Frost grew up surrounded by lush valleys, rocky mountains, dry stone walls, and forests. In 1914, Frost published his narrative poem "Home Burial". At this time, society dictated that men should not show their true feelings. Therefore, men such as Amy's husband tended to deal with conflicts by working hard and acting somewhat domineering. This is the root of the problem in "Home Burial".
             The death of a child presents a tragedy. In this melancholy story, this death creates a great deal of tension between the mother and the father. According to "The Academy of American Poets", Frosts wife influenced his pieces and many believe that his relationship with her was similar to the one described in "Home Burial". The wife possesses a lot of emotion while the husband either chooses not to show his feelings or does not know how to deal with the situation. In the first scene, the initial feeling between the two characters develops when Frost writes, "He saw her from the bottom of the stairs". The husband then tries to find out what frightens his wife but he can't see. She then calls him a blind creature. This depicts their emotional differences, the husband's inability to understand her grief, and a spatial relation between the two characters. The staircase also plays an important role as it symbolizes the confinement of their relationship. They can only move up or down but cannot expand outward within the constraints. Amy possesses greater emotional awareness and sensitivity than her husband, but he attains physical control over her and she "cowers under him". This
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