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Miniver Cheevy: Poem Analysis

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This poem details a misfit who believes he should have been born in a different era. He believes the days of Ancient Greece were better than modern time and wants to live out the personas of rules of that time. Instead of being productive he decides to drink his misery away of being born in the wrong time. Miniver Cheevy wanted to live a life of men in past time that held traits of bravery and gallantry because he felt he failed at life. I believe Robinson’s tone of the poem appealed more to masculinity. The idea of a man must be strong and brave and be somewhat of hero to earn the title of a man. I do not believe these issues are prevalent in present time. Traditional gender roles have changed and man do not have to prove themselves to be
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