Edwin+Arlington+Robinson


 * Biography
 * Born in Head Tide, Maine on December 22nd, 1869, and was the 3rd son of Edward and Mary Elizabeth Robinson
 * When he was young, he was always fascinated with words and became knows as "the incorrigible fisher of words"
 * Dr. Schuman was the man who recognized Edwin's talents and began to tutor Edwin on proper poetry forms like sonnets, ballads, and villanelles
 * He started writing poetry when he was 11
 * Went to Harvard from 1891 to 1893
 * In 1896 he published //The Torrent And The Night Before// and //The Children of the Night// in 1897
 * Some of his major works include Richard Cory, Haunted House, Mr Flood's Party, Maya, and Miniver Cheevy |||||| ====Edwin Arlington Robinson [[image:robinson-e-a1.jpg]] ==== ||


 * When Edwin was little, he liked to play word games with his friends where they'd have competitions to see who could fine the largest word in the Bible, or any regular book. He won one time with the word "Nebuchadnezzer"
 * He had an insanely crooked mustache
 * When he was a teenager, he once said "It must have been the year 1889 when I realized finally - that I was doomed... to the writing of poetry"
 * He formed a small poetry club called "the Quadruped Club"

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 * The Story of the Ashes and the Flame

No matter why, nor whence, nor when she came, There was her place. No matter what men said, No matter what she was; living or dead, Faithful or not, he loved her all the same The story was as old as human shame But ever since that lonely night she fled, With books to blind him, he had only read The story of the ashes and the flame

There she was always coming pretty soon To fool him back, with penitent scared eyes That had him in the laughter of the moon For baffled lovers, and to make him think -- Before she gave him time enough to wink -- Sin's kisses were the keys to Paradise

Analysis: This poem is about a man who loves a woman very much. No matter what mood she's in, no matter what she does, no matter where she is, no matter if she's living or dead, he will always love her. No matter how hard he tried, she will always "fool him back, with penitent scared eyes".

Rhyme Scheme: A, B, B, A, A, B, B, A, C, D, C, E, E, D

I liked this poem because I felt connected to the poem like I did with Eros Turannos. It's a great poem that shows how much a man loved a woman no matter what. Even if he was miserable, he didn't care because he still had her.

Poetic devices: Metaphor || Eros Turannos

She fears him, and will always ask What fated her to choose him; She meets in his engaging mask All reason to refuse him But what she meets, and what she fears Are less than are the downward years Drawn slowly to the foamless weirs Of age were she to lose him

Between a blurred sagacity That once had power to sound him, A Love, that will not let him be The Judas that she found him, He pride assuages her almost As if it were alone the cost -- He sees that he will not be lost, And waits, and looks around him

A sense of ocean, and old trees Envelops and allures him Tradition touching all he sees Beguiles and reassures him And all her doubts of what he says Are dimmed with what she knows of days Till even Prejudice delays And fades, and she secures him

The falling leaf inaugurates The reign of her confusion The pounding wave reverberates The dirge of her illusion And home, where passion lived and died Becomes a place where she can hide While all the town and harbor side Vibrate with her seclusion

We tell you tapping on our brows The story as it should be As if the story of a house Were told or ever could be We'll have no kindly veil between Her visions and those we have seen As if we guessed what hers have been Or what they are or could be

Meanwhile, we do no harm for they, That with a God have striven Not hearing much of what we say Take what the God has given And like waves breaking it may seem Or like a changed familiar tree Or like a stairway to the sea Where down the blind are driven.

Analysis: This poem is about two people who loved each other once, and now their love is dying out. The story is mainly told about the wife who's struggling to save her marriage with her husband who she doesn't want to be with anymore.

Rhyme scheme: A, B, A, B, C, C, C, B, D, E, D, E, F, F, F, E, G, H, G, H, G, G, G, H, I, J, I J, K, K, K, J, L, M, L, M, N, N, N, M, O, P, O, P, Q, Q, Q, P

I liked this poem because Robinson used interesting metaphors and similes to help the reader understand the difficulty of this couple's marriage. I felt like I could understand what they were going through

Poetic Devices: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Imagery, and symbolism |||||| Richard Cory

Whevever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown Clean-favoured and imperially slim.

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 glittered when he walked

And he was rich, yes, 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 meat and cursed the bread, And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet in his head

Analysis: This poem is about a man who has everything a person could want: fame, fortune, luxury etc. But even though he looks happy and he looks like he has everything he could possibly want, he still felt empty on the inside. This poem shows that you can't just judge someone based on their outside appearance because what you see on the outside may not reflect the feelings someone has inside.

Rhyme Scheme: A, B, A, B, C, D, C, D, E, F, E, F, G, H, G, H

I personally liked this poem because it's very true that you can't look at someone and automatically know how they feel on the inside, and you don't know what they could be going through on the inside. Just because someone appears to be the happiest person on Earth, doesn't always mean they are.

Poetic Devices: Imagery and Hyperbole ||
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