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Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Poet

The Resume

    (December 22, 1869-April 6, 1935)
    Born in Head Tide, Maine
    Poetry collections include 'Children of the Night' (1897), 'Captain Craig and Other Poems' (1902), 'The Town Down the River' (1910), 'The Man Against the Sky' (1916), 'Lancelot' (1920), 'Collected Poems' (1921), 'The Man Who Died Twice' (1924) and 'Tristam' (1927)
    Best-known poem was 'Richard Cory' (1897)

Why he might be annoying:

    He described his childhood as 'stark and unhappy.'
    He wrote a letter to fellow poet Amy Lowell claiming that at age six he wondered why he was born.
    At Harvard, he deliberately avoided A's, writing 'B, and in that vicinity, is a very comfortable and safe place to hang.'
    Many of his poems are depressing.
    He proposed twice to his brother's widow and was rejected both times.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His parents, who had wanted a girl, did not bother to name him until he was six months old.
    He self-published his first poetry collection as a surprise for his mother, but she died days before the books arrived.
    President Theodore Roosevelt praised 'Captain Craig and Other Poems' and secured him a job at the New York Customs House so he could support himself.
    In appreciation, he dedicated his next work to Roosevelt.
    He won three Pulitzer Prizes for poetry (1922,1925,1928).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 38.89% Annoying