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    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"
    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"
    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"
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    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"

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    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535828642
    A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"

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      A Study Guide for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy" - Gale

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      Miniver Cheevy

      Edwin Arlington Robinson

      1910

      Introduction

      Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem Miniver Cheevy (1910) is the portrait of a man who is discontent with the world he lives in and longs for the better times of bygone eras. He sighs and dreams about ancient Greece and the Renaissance and Camelot, longing for his idealized ideas about the civilizations and cultures that once were. Poor Miniver idealizes any time that is not his own. He sits and drinks and thinks about it.

      Edwin Arlington Robinson was considered a poet of darkness. He often looked at the depressing side of life, examining traits that make up the less admirable aspects of the human psyche. His best known poems, such as this one and Richard Cory, offer quick snapshots of the lives of individuals who are coping with despair, often hiding their misery from the world and from themselves.

      Miniver Cheevy available in the Everyman Library 2007 collection Robinson: Poems, but it is also frequently anthologized and can be found in many collections of American poetry.

      Author Biography

      Edwin Arlington Robinson was born December 22, 1869, the third son of Edward and Mary Palmer Robinson. He was born in Head Tide, Maine, but six months later his family moved to Gardiner, a town just a few miles away, which is portrayed in his poetry as Tilbury Town. His father was a prosperous lumber man, taking advantage of Gardiner's financial boom. His brother Dean was twelve years older than Robinson, and his brother Herman was four years older. The Robinson brothers were all voracious

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