ENG364Y5 Lecture : E.A. Robinson "Miniver Cheevy"
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The poem talks about a misfit who dreams of living in the medieval times with knights, chain mail, horses, etc. Miniver = the name of the white or gray fur used in earlier times to trim the ceremonial robes of. Allusion to the ancient greek city made famous in myth, legend, and history for its heroes. Legendary english city of king arthur and his knights of the roundtable. Allusion to the king of troy during the trojan war against the army of greeks led by royals and nobles. Powerful family that ruled florence, italy, through much of the renaissance and well into. Structure of the poem is symmetrical, containing eight four-line stanzas (quatrains) The first line of each stanza begins with miniver. Dreamed about living in a different time period. Beneath the surface, we don"t know the inner turmoil (head and heart) No violence leading up to violent acts -- shock.
