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Edwin Arlington Robinson Research Paper

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Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet during the Modern Era in history. He was born on December 22nd, 1869 in Head Tide, Maine. He was the son of Edward Robinson, who was once a timber merchant, and Mary Elizabeth Palmer, who was once a civic leader. Robinson also had two elder brothers, Herman (who was destined to receive the fortune from the family) and Dean (who was destined to become a doctor). Many of Robinson’s poems are inspired by real life situations that occurred within his life. For instance, in the poem “Richard Cory”, which is one of Robinson’s most well known poems, is heavily inspired by the death of his brother, Herman. Another example would i On April 6th, 1935, Robinson had died in New York, New York. The reason for

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