"Biography of the Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson"
American poet. Raised in Gardner Township, Maine. He entered Harvard University in 1891 and dropped out of school two years later due to family poverty. He went to New York to make a living and worked as a subway inspector. In 1896, he published a collection of poems "The Rapids and Last Night" (later renamed "Son of the Night") at his own expense. The collection of poems "Captain Clegg" published in 1902 was well received by President Roosevelt. In 1916, the collection of poems "Shadows on the Edge of the Sky" was published, confirming his status in the American poetry circle. Robinson's narrative poetry is quite outstanding, and his important works include a trilogy of long narratives: "Merlin" (1917), "Laurenceau" (1920) and "Tristan" (1927). He was the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes in 1922, 1925 and 1928.
Most of Robinson's early poems were written in traditional form, mainly describing various characters in the town of Tilbury. These poems are called "portrait" poems. These poems are full of life and express the poet's dissatisfaction with capitalist society. The language of these poems is simple, and the characters in the poems are well-known in the United States. Some of Robinson's later works were long narrative poems based on the medieval biography of King Arthur, written in iambic pentameter in blank rhyme. But he did not limit himself to old forms and gave new life to ancient stories.
Robinson strives to get rid of the influence of British romantic poetry in the Victorian era, pursues the novelty of ideas and images, blends pornography, sarcasm and humor, and pays attention to exploring the innermost things of the characters. These are similar to later American modernist poets, so some people regard him as the forerunner of American modernist poetry.