The speaker begins the poem by saying that Miniver is a "child of scorn, / Grew lean while he assailed the seasons," this is setting a negative tone that stays true throughout the rest of the poem. In these particular lines, the speaker is telling the reader how Miniver is wasting away as time passes. In the next lines, Miniver begins weeping at the thought of being born, and then the speaker goes on to

Although the attitude has a few uplifting moments while dreaming about Camelot and being a Medici, the general attitude of the poem is negative and is full of sorry and self pity. This tone is helping the readers understand the pain Miniver has to live with as he repeats these dreams everyday of his life. The final stanza is an example of a problem that holds true through today, "Miniver Cheevy, born too late, / Scratched his head and kept on thinking; / Miniver coughed and called it fate, / And kept on drinking." This negative attitude is causing Miniver to sit in a bar and drink, rather than achieving his ambitions of wealth and art.

Miniver spends his life dreaming of a life he will never achieve. Living through the past of others, Miniver sits and curses the life he's living in now. Never going to be able to amount to

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Approximate Word count = 558
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)