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Author Biography: Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Author Biography: Edwin Arlington Robinson

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- born December 22, 1869 in Head Tide, Maine
- attended Harvard University
- won 3 Pulitzer Prizes (also nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature four times)
- "One of the most prolific major American poets of the twentieth century"
- "Edwin Arlington Robinson is poetry"

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Characterization of Protagonist: Eben Flood

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Characterization of Protagonist: Eben Flood

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Setting: (hill near town he's lived his whole life) "Over the hill between the town below And the forsaken upland hermitage That held as much as he should ever know"
Behavior: (sad and lonesome) "He raised again the jug regretfully And shook his head, and was again alone."

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Simile: "He stood there in the middle of the road Like Roland's ghost" (comparing Eben Flood to an old friend named Roland's ghost)
Metaphor: "Then, as a mother lays her sleeping child Down tenderly, fearing it may awake, He set the jug down slowly at his feet" (stressing how carefully Eben put down the jug)
Personification: "Secure, with only two moons listening" (moons cannot actually physically listen)

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- Eben Flood returns to alcohol after being dry for a time, because he is sad and lonely
"Only a very little, Mr. Flood--- For auld lang syne."
- Eben's friends and everyone his age are all dead
"And there was nothing in the town below--- Where strangers would have shut the many doors That many friends had opened long ago."

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Compare/Contrast: Eben Flood & Willy Loman

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Compare/Contrast: Eben Flood & Willy Loman

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Compare:
- both older
"Old Eben Flood" (Mr. Flood's Party)
"He's 63 years old!" (Death of a Salesman)
Contrast:
- Eben is not depressed ("With trembling care") ("Of night he lifted up his voice and sang")
- Willy is suicidal ("He's been trying to kill himself.")