(1) Summarize regional touches in Robinson’s poems. Compare his insight into New Englanders with that of Robert Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Robert Frost.
(2) Contrast the tone and atmosphere of Robinson’s “Luke Havergal” with Edgar Allan Poe’s “Lenore,” “Ulalume,” or “Annabel Lee.”
(3) Discuss Robinson’s characterization of women in “Eros Tuarannos.”
(4) Compare Robinson’s apparent obsession with losers to that of novelists Edith Wharton and John Steinbeck.
(5) Compare Robinson and Edgar Lee Masters in the use of somber tone.
