Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Edwin Arlington Robinson

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• Saress Smith
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Edwin Arlington RobinsonBiography

• Edwin Arlington Robinson was born in December 22,
  1869.
• Robinson was born in Head Tide, Maine.
• Described his childhood like stark and unhappy.
• Family had many alcohol problems. Brother dies of
  alcohol poisoning.
• When he was 21 he entered Harvard.
• He wanted to get published in one of the Harvard
  literary journals.
• After his first year in Harvard, his father died.

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Biography

• After his fathers death, he only stayed one more
  year.
• In 1896 he self-published his first book.
• "The Torrent and the Night Before," paying 100
  dollars for 500 copies.
• It was suppose to be a surprise for his mother.
• But, a few days before the book arrived she died
  of diphtheria.
• His second book "The Children of the Night, was
  read by Theodore Roosevelt.

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Biography

• He was so impressed he got him a job at New York
  Customs Office.
• He won the Pulitzer Price for Poetry during the
  years1922, 1925 and 1928.
• During the last years of his life he become a
  resident in McDowell Colony in New Hampshire.
• Here he got the attention of several women.
• He always maintained a solitary life and never
  married.

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Robinsons PoetryRichard Cory

• Whenever Richard Cory went down town,    
• We people on the pavement looked at him 
• He was a gentleman from sole to crown,    
• Clean favored, and imperially slim. 
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• And he was always quietly arrayed,         
• And he was always human when he talked 
• But still he fluttered pulses when he said,   
•  "Good-morning," and he glittered when he
• walked.  

And he was richyes, richer than a king,     And
admirably schooled in every grace  In fine, we
thought that he was everything To make us wish
that we were in his place So on we worked, and
waited for the light,     And went without the
meat, and cursed the bread  And Richard Cory,
one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet
through his head.
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Robinsons PoetryMiniver Cheevy

• Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,
• Grew lean while he assailed the seasons
• He wept that he was ever born,
• And he had reasons.
• Miniver loved the days of old
• When swords were bright and steeds were prancing
• The vision of a warrior bold
• Would send him dancing.
• Miniver sighed for what was not,
• And dreamed, and rested from his labors
• He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,
• And Priam's neighbors.
• Miniver mourned the ripe renown
• That made so many a name so fragrant
• He mourned Romance, now on the town,
• And Art, a vagrant.

Miniver loved the Medici, Albeit he had never
seen one He would have sinned incessantly Could
he have been one. Miniver cursed the
commonplace And eyed a khaki suit with
loathing He missed the medieval grace Of iron
clothing. Miniver scorned the gold he
sought, But sore annoyed was he without
it Miniver thought, and thought, and
thought, And thought about it. Miniver Cheevy,
born too late, Scratched his head and kept on
thinking Miniver coughed, and called it
fate, And kept on drinking.
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What university did Robinson attend?

• A Wisconsin University
• B Yale
• C Harvard
• D New York State

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• Congratulations

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What president enjoyed Robinsons work?

• A Piran Hahs
• B Theodore Roosevelt
• C George Washington
• D Barack Obama

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• Congratulations

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How many times did Robinson get married?

• A 7
• B 1
• C 2
• D He never married

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How did Richard Cory die?

• A Fell in a river and got eaten by piranhas
• B He shot himself
• C Someone shot him
• D Someone killed him

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In Miniver Cheevy he likes what?

• A The smell of oil
• B The Old Days with warriors
• C His childhood friends who which he played
  Camelot
• D His pet sock

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What was Cheevy doing during this poem?

• A Dancing
• B Drinking
• C Out with friends
• D Watching Spongebob

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• Congratulations

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What was Cheevy dreaming about?

• A Becoming a master of Japanese culture
• B Camelot and Thebes
• C Going to college
• D The hardships of the Great Depression

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• Congratulations

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