Robinson, at the time, was working underground inspecting construction when Roosevelt discovered him. His third published book was "Captain Craig", and his forth was "The Town Down the River", which former President Theodore Roosevelt helped to get published. His first two books were "The Torrent and the Night Before" and "The Children of the Night" (based on the death of his mother). In the 1890's he began to publish some of his poetry, mostly with the help of some of his friends. He could basically carry all of his worldly possessions in one backpack. He was very poor during this time, and didn't have much to support himself at all. Some of Robinson's poetry grew from these unfortunate incidents.Īfter leaving Harvard, Robinson moved to New York City, and lived in Greenwich Village, in a house where many other artists and writers had once lived. Later in 1896 his mother died of a serious illness. In 1892 his father died, resulting in Robinson and his family becoming quite poor. Robinson started seriously writing poetry at age 11, and was a talented writer for someone his age.ĭespite his father's wishes, Robinson attended Harvard for two years, but had to leave because his family's money was running short. His family, which also consisted of two other brothers, lived moderately on his father's income, who worked as an important timber merchant. In a lot of his later poetry he bases a fictional town, Tilbury Town, on Gardiner. Growing up he lived in a town on the Kennecbec River called Gardiner, Maine. On December 22nd, 1869, Edwin Arlington Robinson was born to Edwin Robinson and Mary Elizabeth Palmer in Head Tide, Maine.
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