definition of home in the death of the hired man
The Death of the Hired Man "The Death of the Hired Man" is a long poem primarily concerning a conversation, over a short time period in a single evening, between a farmer (Warren) and his wife (Mary) about what to do with an ex-employee named Silas, who helped with haymaking and left the farm at an inappropriate time after being offered "pocket money", now making his return during winter looking like "a miserable sight" having "changed".