Richard Cory

Richard Cory Edwin Arlington Robinson M acey cant taint happiness is an old saying that echoes by dint of meter however, it facems to echo so gently that it is quite often ignored. People everyplace in search for their fulfillment see prosperous as a tight train leading to their destination of happiness. The get word up to and the jealousy of the poor and the needy catch ones breath with the rich and powerful. Richard Cory is the envy of the whole town. The town look at him as if he had it all. They see his money, feel his power, know his news and non one time do they ever doubt his happiness.They look at him as more than a continent man, and they desire and long to be looked at in this way of career. They assume that living alike Richard Cory will down them infinite happiness. The poesy seems to indicate that everyone keeps their distance from Mr. Cory. His money does not get him happiness and it does not bring him friends. Richard Cory led an unbearably lonely li fe, which is reflected in the very last verge of the rime when he commits suicide by shoot himself in the head. Richard Cory is an sharp manikin of informative poetry. The whole purpose of this meter is to find discover a life lesson.That lesson being that money cannot buy happiness. The verse form is an iambic pentameter and consists of iv stanzas. Each line contains ten syllables. The rhyming pattern is A, B, A, B. The first three stanzas of the poem describe the subject, while the fourth part stanza nose candys the endorser. In the first stanza of Richard Cory the reader becomes aware of the principal(prenominal) thrust of the poem that suggests the differences between the wet and the less fortunate. The speaker unit of the poem belongs to the last mentioned class and the poem clearly draws out distinctions between us and him. In the act line, We people on the pavement looked at him (I. ) suggests a lower class stating how they look up to him as well as merely s taring at him. In the third and fourth lines the speaker uses the frontier gentleman which continues the division of economic classes. thus by claiming this gentlemanly quality from fix to crown, (I. 3) the speaker is emphasizing how princely Cory is. In the second stanza the speaker of the poem is careful to make sure his listeners experience that Richard Cory was just a normal, nice guy. He does not look down on the usual folk he isnt arrogant he speaks to people the way the speaker would expect him to. And he was ever human when he talked. (II. 2) Cory seems very lucky and happy just like the common works-class stiffs, only better expression and richer. The third stanza ordains us that Richard Cory is rich, but the speaker also exaggerates Corys wealth by saying he is richer than a pouf. (III. 1) At this point, the audience knows the speaker is speaking in terms of wealth not temper and a successful life. In the fourth and final stanza the first both lines reprize the differences between the two economic classes. As the audience reads on to the final two lines of the poem they are hit with a shock.Richard Cory, the man who has everything, the man who is everything that these hard working folk want to bethis word take care of success and happinesskills himself. Robinson uses many poetic devices to make his readers feel at one with Richard Cory. A metaphor can be found in the first line of the third stanza. And he was rich-yes, richer than a king. (III. 1) He was rich is the tenor of the metaphor. Richer than a king is the vehicle of the metaphor. Richard Cory is also an excellent example of situational irony. What happens at the end of the poem is different from what the reader expects to happen.Richard Corys shoemakers last comes as a complete shock Robinson also uses imagery to paint the picture of this handsome, wealthy, gentleman who has it all. He uses descriptive adjectives to tell about his wealth and his intelligence. He makes his readers conceptualize that this man is on top of the world. That is until the reader gets to the final line of the poem and the situational irony kicks into gear. Robinson plays off the two elements to create a vivid and shocking poem. As Robinsons audience comes to find, it is impossible to influence unbent friendship and complete happiness by the size of your wallet.A king whitethorn sit on his privy his sinless life and count his gold, but that throne no matter the size or the comfort could ever replace the zeal of another human being. As that gold slowly collects dust over time its sparkle will fade and so will he. Money can buy anything in the entire world but the things that matter most in life such as love, self-fulfillment and contentment. life out a life of prodigality did not alter the reality that on the inside Richard Cory was a key example of imperfection in a seemingly perfect world.