The ‘Miniver Cheevy’ The narrative poem, Miniver Cheevy, was written by Edwin A. Robinson. It was first published in 1910. The poem tells the tale of a despairing lover who spends his days contemplating how things would have been had he been born earlier. Although the poem affords no exact setting, a reader will get to know that Cheevy lives in the fictional town Tilbury, which is quite similar to Robinson’s hometown in Maine. Robinson has maintained the use of this town in several of his poems. ‘Miniver’ was the greyish fur that was used to decorate nobles and royals’ official robes. Mr. Cheevy most probably thinks he is a monarch. Various scholars have claimed that the character Miniver is the embodiment of Robinson’s self-actualization
