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""Secure with, with only two moons listening, until the whole harmonious landscape rang"
- Personification
This line in the poem is used to help exemplify the loneliness that Mr. Flood endures. Since he is a total outcast from the town, the only thing that "hears" him speak is the moon. He often talks to himself and the things around him in an attempt to suppress the loneliness he feels.

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"Then, as a mother lays her sleeping child down tenderly, fearing it may awake, he set the jug down slowly at his feet."
- Metaphor
In this quote Robinson is using the relationship of a mother and child to help emphasis how important drinking is to Mr. Flood. He cares for his jug of alcohol the same way a mother cares for her child. Mr. Flood would be do anything to protect his addiction to alcohol because it is the only thing that helps him forget about the loneliness he endures.

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Mr. Flood and Willy Loman share a vast amount of similarities. Both of the characters suffered a tragedy in life that changed them forever. Whether it be the death of a family member or poor performance at work, a critical life event changed the course of their life. Both men have suicidal thoughts. In the Death of a Salesman Willy Loman has multiple "accidents." " The insurance inspector came. He said they have evidence. That all these accidents in the last year - weren't - weren't - accidents." Just like Mr. Flood, Willy feels like he no longer has a purpose in life. Without a sense of purpose, it is easy for one to lead a destructive lifestyle. Mr. Flood does that by consuming large amounts of alcohol, and Willy Loman does that by attempting multiple times to take his own life. Both men struggle with the acceptance they once had with society and how it changed so quickly. "Below him were, in the town among the trees, where friends of other days had honored him." They struggle with their pride. It is hard for someone who use to hold power fall to the very bottom and be left behind without acknowledgment.

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Eben Flood feels as though he doesn't fit in with society. It can be assumed from the context of the poem that Mr. Flood has experienced loss during his lifetime. "'With trembling care, knowing that most things break." Whether it be the loss of a job or even his family, something drove Mr. Flood to alcoholism. The loneliness that he was trying to escape with the use of alcohol only strengthened when he became an outcast in town. Someone who was once respected is now in complete solitude. Mr. Flood continues to try to escape the loneliness the only way he knows how to, drinking. At this point in his life, he feels like he no longer has anything to life for. "Well Mr. Flood, we have the harvest moon again, and we may not have many more." Mr. Flood has become content with no longer living, which indirectly fuels the discontentment he feels in life due to the loneliness that consumes him.

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Physical Description:  Mr. Flood is an older man who is often seen stumbling around due to being intoxicated.
Setting: Tilbury Town (fictional)
Behavior: Mr. Flood is an alcoholic who has isolated himself from the rest of society. He spends the majority of the time intoxicated, talking to himself. "And Eben, having leisure, said aloud, for no man else in Tilbury Town to hear: ' Well, Mr. Flood we have the harvest moon again, which we may not have many more; the bird is on the wing, the poet says, ad you and I have said it here before. Drink to the bird."
Thoughts: Most of Mr. Flood's inner thoughts are about the loneliness he experiences, and the only thing he cares about is his alcohol. He longs to be accepted again by society, but doesn't take the steps to regain that acceptance. "Below him, in the town among the trees, where friends of other days had honored him , a phantom salutation of the dead."
Speech: Mr. Flood's tone of voice is very depressed and lost. He isn't quite sure how to get back into society without being viewed as an outcast. It is also hard for him to give up the alcohol since it is the only comfort he has. "He raised the jug regretfully and shook his head, and was again alone."
Reaction to Other Characters:  Mr. Flood has a complete disconnect from the citizens who live in Tilbury Town. He lives on the outskirts of town which isolates him from having any interaction. "Over the hill between the town below and the forsaken upland hermitage."

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Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on December 22, 1869 in Head Tide, Maine. Robinson was a man that was not destined to succeed in the fine arts. "He was the third son of a wealthy New England merchant, a man who has little use for the fine arts." If it were not for his next door neighbor's encouragement, Edwin Robinson may have lived his life serving an unfulfilling career in business. Robinson states that "his childhood was stark and unhappy." He turned to the fine arts, specifically writing, as an escape. The first poem he ever wrote was published in the Harvard Advocate. Edwin's work was often pushed aside. He did not gain popularity until President Theodore Roosevelt wrote a review acknowledging the work he published entitled, "Captain Craig and Other Poems."