ï»żStudentâs Name Professor's Name Course Date Who is most sympathetic here, the husband or Amy? Defend your position using evidence from the poem Even if the "Home Burial" mainly focuses on showing Amy's need to escape from the problems she is facing in her house and marriage, we also learn of her moral control. As he was digging his first child's grave, the husband discovered his own escape. The poem starts with the wife at a metaphoric superiority position, at the top of the stairs where she was just looking at her son's grave and ignoring her husband's stare. She was the center of attention to her husband. Her looks back were intended to control his gaze. "Looking back at some fear". The...
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