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Detailed explanation-1: -Published in 1910 by the American poet Edward Arlington Robinson, “Miniver Cheevy” spotlights the dangers of romanticizing the past. The titular character, Miniver Cheevy, is an unhappy man who believes he was born in the wrong era.

Detailed explanation-2: -Irony: Irony-when the intended and actual meaning differs-is seen in Miniver’s refusal to accept reality, though he knows he cannot change the times in which he lives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personification is used in quatrain #4 when “Romance” is being on welfare and when “art” is descried as a vagrant, or a bum. The irony is that Cheevy is judgmental of modern’s people misuse/abandonment of these things, yet he misuses the stories and doesn’t crate anything of value himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Miniver Cheevy: Alliteration occurs frequently in the poem, as seen with Cheevy and child [Line 1], Miniver mourned [Line 13], and ripe renown [Line 13].