Edwin Robinson "Miniver Cheevy"

"Miniver Cheevy" by Edwin Robinson is difficult for me to find it fitting in a distinct period. This poem is  about the narrator, Miniver, being upset and angry about when he was born.  Miniver wishes he had born long ago. "Miniver loved the days of old;When swords were bright and steeds were prancing;The vision of a warrior bold;Would set him dancing"(Robinson). Miniver wishes that he could have been born in the olden days where he could have experienced Thebes and Camelot.  Miniver also loved the Medici.  The Medici was an old Italian family who lived in Florence, Italy and they were a powerhouse. He loathes for war and battle, not khaki suits(Robinson). This poem is not as easy to recognize as being realism writing but it is in someways. One characteristic of the realism  period is an objective narrator. The narrator of this poem hates himself for being born in the modern age when  he wishes he could have been born in the medieval era. His objective is to love the life that he does not and can not have and to loathe the one he has. 


Robinson, Edwin. ""Miniver Cheevy" by E.A. Robinson." The Poem Tree: An Online Poetry Anthology. Web. 07 Mar. 2012.