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Edwin Arlington Robinson

Richard Corey
This was the first poem which i read by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This poem really touched me and made me think. Richard Corey, was the perfect man to everyone. He was happy, nice, rich ( what could be better some ask?), and very smart. Everyone envied him, yet , he committed suicide. So often we think that our lives are so bad and that other people dont have a problem in the world and live a "perfect life." I really don't think anyone has a perfect life. Everyone has problems; some people show their pain and ager, while others hold it inside till its too much and they feel they need to end their lives. This article about a college student talks about someone who never showed any signs of committing suicide. Its a sad thing to think that these people couldnt just talk to someone instead of ending their life.

The Mill
This story also dealt with suicide, some think so anyways. I think if you simply read the poem and don't look into then it appears the miller and his wife both committed suicide. If you look further and deeper to try to analyze the poem, it can be twisted and may seem as though the millers wife was making this up in her head. I personally do think they committed suicide. when the miller says, " there are no millers any more" he's giving a clue that he will no longer exist. and the miller's wife must have known this was comming because she, " sick with a fear that had no form" went to look for him.

I find it very interesting that Robinson writes about such real and horrible things such as suicide. As Mindy talked about in her blog presentation, he often used events and tragedies in his own life to create his poems from. In this article about Robison, it suggests that his brother intentionally overdosed on drugs. As we have noted on many occasions about many different literary works, the author usually has some source or real idea from which their writing stems from.