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“Miniver Cheevey”
by Edwin Arlington Robinson, pages 82-83
Vocabulary
assailed – attacked
albeit – even though; although
diction – choice of words
incessantly – without stopping
1. Why does Miniver Cheevy drink and accomplish so little?
2. What does Robinson refer to when he uses the words “iron clothing”?
3. The last two lines of the next-to-last stanza read: “Miniver thought, and thought, and
thought, And thought about it.”
What is the effect of the repetition of the phrase “and thought”? Why do you think
Robinson did not simply write “Miniver thought about it repeatedly”?
4. What are the possible allusions in Miniver Cheevy’s name?
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