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Edwin Arlington Robinson, a heavy satirist, often used the theme of illusion as a contrast to the reality of a situation. In doing this, he attempted to create a sense of inescapable truth in which his subjects were entangled. This was done to show how unforgiving industrialism, and perhaps the world in general, really was. His work is considered starkly realistic, with his characters having either fallen into a vicious hole, been taken out by life, or being too simple, he shows the failures of many of the people who fall subject to his scrutiny. Robinson uses the contrasted theme of illusion vs. reality to show the reality in the seemingly happy. E.A. Robinson uses this particular technique, illusion covering the reality, to nearly satirize the public for not seeing the truth of corruption within things that are so evidently facades. Within the period of his writing, there were huge amounts of corruption. An e