On the literary map, travel from Franconia, New Hampshire, to Head Tide, Maine.
Calculate:
# _____________ Miles to Head Tide, Maine
$ _____________ Cost for Gasoline to Head Tide, Maine
Visit Edwin Arlington Robinson at www.Poets.org and fill-in-the blanks.
"Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on ____________________, in Head Tide, Maine. His family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870, which renamed '_________________,' became the backdrop for many of Robinson's poems. Robinson described his childhood as stark and unhappy; he once wrote in a letter to Amy Lowell that he remembered wondering why _______________________________. After high school, Robinson spent two years studying at Harvard University as a special student and his first poems were published in the Harvard Advocate.
Read "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy"
Answer the questions.
Why is Miniver, the white fur trimming used on people’s garment in the Middle Ages, an appropriate name for for the character in this poem?
2. Explain how lines 23-24 reveal the poet’s attitude toward Miniver Cheevy.
3. How do other lines reflect the poet’s attitude toward Cheevy?
4. How does the ending of the poem affect your attitude toward Cheevy?
Calculate:
# _____________ Miles to Head Tide, Maine
$ _____________ Cost for Gasoline to Head Tide, Maine
Visit Edwin Arlington Robinson at www.Poets.org and fill-in-the blanks.
"Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on ____________________, in Head Tide, Maine. His family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870, which renamed '_________________,' became the backdrop for many of Robinson's poems. Robinson described his childhood as stark and unhappy; he once wrote in a letter to Amy Lowell that he remembered wondering why _______________________________. After high school, Robinson spent two years studying at Harvard University as a special student and his first poems were published in the Harvard Advocate.
Read "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy"
Answer the questions.
Why is Miniver, the white fur trimming used on people’s garment in the Middle Ages, an appropriate name for for the character in this poem?
2. Explain how lines 23-24 reveal the poet’s attitude toward Miniver Cheevy.
3. How do other lines reflect the poet’s attitude toward Cheevy?
4. How does the ending of the poem affect your attitude toward Cheevy?
