Mr. Flood’s Party

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"Mr. Flood’s Party" is a narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that portrays an aging, isolated man reflecting on his past and the passage of time during a solitary, symbolic celebration.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
author Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ
characterType tragic figure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation one of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s best-known poems ⓘ
depicts a symbolic party held by one person ⓘ
firstPublication The Nation ⓘ
focusesOn the contrast between past vitality and present decline ⓘ
the inner life of an elderly man ⓘ
form metrical verse ⓘ
rhymed verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasTone elegiac ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
includedIn Collected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism
literaryPeriod early 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Eben Flood ⓘ
narrativeMode third-person narration ⓘ
portrays an aging man reflecting on his past ⓘ
emotional and social isolation ⓘ
protagonist Eben Flood ⓘ
publicationDecade 1920s ⓘ
setting a hill above a New England town ⓘ
night ⓘ
studiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
subjectMatter the psychological effects of aging and social marginalization ⓘ
symbol harvest moon ⓘ
solitary celebration ⓘ
wine jug ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
loss ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
usesLiteraryDevice allusion ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
irony ⓘ
personification ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ

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Edwin Arlington Robinson → notableWork → Mr. Flood’s Party ⓘ
Miniver Cheevy → relatedWorkByAuthor → Mr. Flood’s Party ⓘ