that people cannot determine another person's happiness by their appearance. The author

uses the setting, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate this. Robinsons poem is about a rich

man that commits suicide, and the thoughts of the people in town that watch him in his

everyday life. Edwin Robinson clearly shows us in his poem "Richard Cory" that the life of

someone else may not be all what it is cracked up to be. The townspeople looked up to

Richard Cory, they envied him and his lifestyle. However, if they would have looked a

little closer, instead of judging him from his appearance, they would have not wanted to be

The settings that this author uses makes the readers think that Richard Cory is a

happy man who is greatly admired. Downtown is one of the settings that was used.

Downtown is used as a place where Richard Cory seemed

the pavement say that he is "schooled in every grace" which leads the reader to believe

is a symbol of the poor wishing to be like a person who they view as perfect. Also, the

comes to be perfect and live the good life that they thought Richard Cory was living. This

the opposite as we are reading the poem.

healthy. Why does everyone want to be like someone else? It is human nature to want to

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Approximate Word count = 656
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)