Miniver Cheevy Analysis - Literary gadgets and Poetic gadgets Miniver Cheevyby Edwin Arlington Robinson Miniver Cheevy, offspring of contempt, Grew lean while he pounced upon the seasons; He sobbed that he was ever conceived, And he had reasons. Miniver adored the times of old When blades were brilliant and horses were skipping; The vision of a warrior intense Would set him dancing.Miniver murmured for what was not, And imagined, and rested from his works; He longed for Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors.Miniver grieved the ready eminence That made such a large number of a name so fragrant; He grieved Romance, presently on the town, And Art, a vagrant.Miniver cherished the Medici, Albeit he had never observed one; He would have trespassed ceaselessly Could he have been one.Miniver reviled the typical And looked at a khaki suit with detesting; He missed the mediæval effortlessness Of iron clothing.Miniver disdained the gold he looked for, But sore irritated was he without it; Miniver thought, and thought, and thought, And contemplated it.
iver Cheevy Analysis - Literary devices and Poetic devices