Collected Poems (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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This 1921 collection of Robinson’s poetry garnered him his first of three Pulitzer Prizes. The volume contains 166 selections in both long and short verse forms. Themes such as thwarted desires, bad luck, and personal struggles figure prominently here as in Robinson’s other work. Among the selections are two of Robinson’s best known poems, “Richard Cory,” and “Miniver Cheevy.”
Edwin Arlington Robinson
The American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson was born in 1869 in the Maine village of Head Tide and spent his school days in nearby Gardiner. Robinson developed a love of poetry in his youth, a love that endured until his death in New York in 1935. Robinson attended Harvard during 1891-1893 and published some of his early poetry in The Harvard Advocate. Although committed to becoming a writer, his path would not be an easy one. Income from Robinson's chosen pursuit was insufficient to maintain his modest lifestyle, much less meet his various responsibilities, and he worked at times as a secretary, a time-keeper, and a customs clerk, all the while continuing to write. After years of relative obscurity, he secured some incremental recognition with the publication of his poetry collections The Children of the Night, The Town Down the River, and The Man Against the Sky. During the First World War and in the decade that followed, Robinson composed a cycle of epic narrative poems, written in blank verse, that were modern in style but drew upon classic themes in substance. Against the unfolding tragedy of a world at war, Robinson composed a trilogy based on the legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The trilogy included Merlin (1917), Lancelot (1920), and Tristram (1927). During the same period, Edwin Arlington Robinson would win the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry twice; first for his Collected Poems (published in 1921), and again for The Man Who Died Twice (published in 1924). With Tristram, he would at last reap hard-won financial rewards for his literary labors. Edwin Arlington Robinson's Arthurian cycle reflects the poet's most mature work.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a decent collection of poetry. Although the form and style were a bit archaic, I was still able to enjoy many of the pieces- particularly Tristram, Sir Lancelot, and Merlin. Recommended for poetry enthusiasts.3 stars.