The poem "Richard Cory" is a poem that explains this world in the most mysterious way. There is always that certain someone that everyone looks up to and would do anything to be just like them. They look up to their wealth, their looks, and even the way that certain someone carries themselves. No one ever cares about what is on the inside, just on what is on the outside. Some people don't even care about that, just as long as they are wealthy or well known. Yes, some people in this world can be that petty. .
When I read this poem, I vision a tall, dark-haired man that is very handsome and dreamy. I even see him with baby blue eyes that sparkle with his dark hair that is slick back and parted on the left side. The poem made me see this with its great imagery. I would say that he was at least 6'4" and walked with a certain perfect sway that heads turned as he walked. The people in "downtown" and on the "pavement," were way underneath Richard's stature. They adored him with all of their hearts, their "pulses fluttered" when he walked by. This man was something else. When the poem states that "he was always human when he talked," meaning, that he spoke as if he wasn't a rich and just like everyone else, he was just as normal as the rest of the people "downtown". Richard was a very wealthy man, but I do not think that he was what you would call "filthy rich," he was just a regular human being with more money in his pocket. I"m sure he probably had a wealthy background and inherited it from his family. He was raised to present himself as he does, but not to be a so-called snob of the town.
He was a very unhappy person. He carried himself like nothing bothered him, but deep down inside, he was hurting and did not like the person that he was. I don't know if he was unhappy with what everyone thought of him or if it was something deeper than that. It probably was a situation that was very serious, serious enough to kill himself.
Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem, Richard Cory, is a modern day Aesop fable. ... The people on the pavement were people who looked up to Richard Cory. This is because Richard Cory was a well-distinguished businessman. ... It is in this area of his life that I believe Richard Cory was poor. ... It may have been that Richard Cory had only money as his friend. ...
Ozymandias was wrote in around 1792 whereas Richard Cory was wrote around 1924. ... On the other hand Richard Cory is not in the form of a sonnet. ... In Richard Cory "To make us wish that we were in his place," this empathises how much that people downtown admire Richard Cory. ... A metaphor is used around Richard Cory "he glittered when he walked," this likewise empathises the royalty around Richard Cory maybe just like the famous Richard the Lion Heart. ... Richard Cory's death is sudden, shocking and unexpected. ...
The poem Richard Cory was written by Edwin Arlington Robinson who was educated at Harvard. ... The theme of Richard Cory is that things aren't always what they seem. ... In this poem, others place Richard Cory upon a pedestal. ... Richard Cory's "crown" is now referred to simply as his "head". ... All the right words and phrases were used when writing Richard Cory. ...
Written in 1897 by Edwin Arlington Robinson,"Richard Cory" is a detail-oriented poem designed to make the reader think very thoroughly about the words and phrases that are used throughout the piece. ... Robinson uses imagery to describe the character through the townspeople's eyes, and irony to show the reader who the real Richard Cory is. ... The line, "Whenever Richard Cory went down town"" (line 1), illustrates that he does not live nearby with everyone else, but is a visitor who is regularly seen in the area. ... The third stanza expresses how the townspeople were envious of Richard C...
Robinson's poem "Richard Cory" uses metaphors as a means to convey a story of personal failure. ... Robinson's use of diction in his poem "Richard Cory" expresses the poem's meaning. ... Ellsworth Barnard says that "[t]he first two lines suggest Richard Cory's distinction, his separation from ordinary folk" (Barnard 52). ... Even though Cory had a lot of fans, he took his own life, a picture-shattering action that leaves the reader questioning how could they have been wrong about Richard Cory the entire time. ... That was the case of Richard...
In Edwin Arlington Robinson's poems, "Richard Cory", "Miniver Cheevy", and "Mr. ... In "Richard Cory" the narrator gives you the impression that Richard Cory is the ideal man. ... In "Richard Cory", the author explains how everyone in the town would love to live the, seemingly, perfect life of Richard Cory. ...
Both Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy are Outcast in Society. ... Miniver Cheevy believes he was born to late he wants to be rich he wants to have nice clothes like Richard Cory does. ... Richard Cory has money he is well dressed and clean shaven. a slim good looking man. ... Richard Cory shoots himslef in the head. ... Where as Richard Cory seems to have it all He seems happy, everyone is to busy envying him to notice how lonely and sad he is....
"Richard Cory" is a poem in which the speaker comes from a small town, probably during the early 1900's. ... It might have been written upon the death of Richard Cory, to tell others about him or meant to be some type of an obituary, or "in remembrance" type of poem. ... There is a metaphor in line nine when the author compares Richard to being "richer than a king." A hyperbole is found in line eight when it says that Richard "glittered as he walked." ... The author describes everything that Richard has to make it sound so nice when he says: "clean favored and imperially slim", "glittered...
Robinson wrote subtly and without forewarning to the climax ending of "Richard Cory." The narrator spoke not only of Richard Cory's appearance but as the common wealth saw him. Robinson used pleasant imagery and similes to describe Richard Cory thoroughly. ... The connotations in "Richard Cory" were left by Robinson to add extra wonder to his poetry. ... Robinson was showing us the capability he had of writing a great poem like "Richard Cory". ...
