Miniver Cheevy
by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Miniver sighed for what was not,
And dreamed, and rested from his labors;
He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,
And Priam's neighbors.
Minever mourned the ripe renown
That made so many a name so fragrant;
He mourned Romance, now on the town,
And Art, a vagrant.
Minever 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 mediæval 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.
Which line from the poem contains an example of allusion?
Responses
A "Minever mourned the ripe renown...""Minever mourned the ripe renown..."
B "He would have sinned incessantly...""He would have sinned incessantly..."
C "He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot...""He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot..."
D "...scratched his head and kept on thinking;""...scratched his head and kept on thinking;"
Skip to navigation