Part one of term paper
Edwin Arlington Robinson utilizes his hometown of Gardiner Maine as the setting for many of his poem. He also effectively uses it in his dramatic poem, “Mr. Flood’s Party”. Robinson’s theme for “Mr. Flood’s Party” is that of a man, perhaps Robinson himself, who at one time had great aspiration and high achievements, all to be l ...

Part two of term paper
... Old Eben Flood. In the first stanza (lines 3-5) Robinson refers to a barren, isolated place where Flood could be alone with himself. This symbolizes Flood’s apparent isolation from friends and society. In the third stanza (line 1) Robinson’s reference to the harvest moon and the bird on the wing are both symbolic references to the passage of time. At this point Flood appears near the end of his rope. The jug Robinson refers to in line 14, “The jug that he had gone so far to fill,” i ...