... that the external facade of wealth and success does not guarantee internal happiness, nor a peaceful existence. Robinson's use of diction in his poem "Richard Cory" expresses the poem's meaning. The townspeople greatly admire Richard Cory; they think he deserves such adoration although they practically do not know anything about his personal life. The townspeople are the speakers who refer ... of this he decided to take his own life, showing the reader that not everything is as it appears to, and that wealth cannot buy internal happiness and peace. Through astute use of diction, metapho...

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