"Aunt Imogen"

Poem Review # 109473

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"Aunt Imogen"

An analysis of Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Aunt Imogen".

1,087 words () | 0 sources | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how, in the poem "Aunt Imogen", Robinson delves into the psyche of a character who has not seen her dreams fulfilled. The paper attempts to discover just who is Aunt Imogen and what she means to little Jane, Sylvester, and Young George. The paper also analyzes the life of Robinson himself, who has likely spliced his own thoughts, emotions and life experiences into the character of Aunt Imogen.

From the Paper:

"Despite the way she was with the family, Imogen is perplexed by the love provided her by her family and riddled with self-doubt and regret. Without question, Imogen loved her sister and her sister's children. They, however, could not fill the void left by the fact that she had no children, no family of her own. The love of her children's sister only further tortured her soul. The life that Imogen's sister had, that she wanted, left her filled with "incompleteness and regret" (54)."