Mill By Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Mill’’ is a poem by the author Edwin Arlington Robinson. The poem deals with one of the hardest issues that many families face in today society. It’s a sad story of a couple that cannot continue after the husband loses his reason for living, being the owner of the mill, and he cannot deal with it. and he can’t deal with it. He cannot see boundary between himself and his job. Therefore, he commits suicide, and his wife cannot cope with the loss of her husband. The end of the mill is like death as the miller. Every day, people face many different types of obstacles such as the loss of a family member or the loss of a job. For example, I interpret the poem of “The Mill’’as a strong and hard experience that can occur to any family. The wife is waiting for her husband and thinking of the past, she gets sick, and miller’s unviable to cope with her loss, commits suicide. …show more content…

The quote refers as to its being late for her because the miller is death. When the husband left he said, “That there are no more millers anymore’’ (139). He had lost his job. He cannot see a way to continue without his job. The miller commits suicide because his life is over. The wife remembers what her husband had said before he committed suicide; to her it seems as it has happened yesterday even though it happened a long time

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