The Poem That Stood Out The Most: Richard Cory By Edwin Arlington Robinson

The speaker of the poem recounts that Richard Cory was a “gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored, and imperially slim” and that he was “richer than a king”. The words “crown”, “imperially”, and “king” hints that people viewed Richard Cory as a man of high status and royalty. Even though he was a man who was unlike any other, “he was always human when

Being wealthy is everyone’s goal. This song has many poetic devices, and is a song that is perceived differently depending on what you believe, and how you feel about the words and the meaning they convey; the song can be said to be about a woman and her beliefs changing, or about a woman who takes everything she wants in life, and gives nothing back in return. The poetic devices used within the song help create emotion, imager, and tell a story.

The poems, I liked reading the best were the two about Richard Cory. Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the first one and Paul Simon wrote the other one. Edwin Robinson’s was written from the town’s point of view and Paul Simon’s was half and half. Half the town talking about Richard but you also heard Richard’s thought throughout it.

The poem I chose as my favorite was, Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt by David Bottoms. The poem is about a young boy who played baseball with his father being his coach. Constantly, his father with stress the importance of bunting; yet, the son never understood why. The son continued wanting to hit his home runs and scoring for the glory. As the boy grew into a man he finally understood why his father had stressed the bunt all those years. The father was trying to show the boy sacrifice. The person who bunts normally is thrown out. When the boy was younger he did not understand this, but as he grew older he understood the message his father was trying to show him. This poem is my favorite because I can see some of my own actions throughout

The poem I chose to explore is “Entirely” by Louis MacNeice. I chose this poem because of the poet. His writing always has a deeper sense behind the literal words, helping you examine definition behind each word. His poems in specific become very exciting to explore because they could have multiple meanings to them. He writes about relatable issues and makes you think of the topics he writes about from a different perceptive. Once I read this poem I was very fascinated with the issue he was presenting. When I first read the poem, I thought it was talking about a few things such as: how life is not easy, the hardships we face, how it’s difficult to live, what is perfection, what’s right?. This poem discusses ideas of the imperfections and struggles of life. “Entirely” explains how this fantasy of “perfection” in our heads does not exist. That perfection is not a real thing.

While reading the poems “Richard Cory” and “Ezra Farmer”, it is almost immediately evident which poem is an original and which is a parody. Both poems are clearly about men that are popular among those he meets, but once the reader looks beneath the surface, they notice how the diction plays an important role in relaying the theme to the audience it is presented to. In the poem “Richard Cory” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, the theme being portrayed is that people are not always as how they seem.

In 1897, Edwin Arlington Robinson composed the poem Richard Cory. The important message of the poem was beneficial to readers centuries ago and is equally as valuable today. Robinson does a great job of utilizing various literary devices to convey this knowledge and enhance the pleasure of the reading. The superficial appearance of an individual does not define their reality.

Robinson gives a physical description of Richard Cory as "Clean favored, and imperially slim." While this seems to be physical, many symbolic issues of wealth are expressed through this line. Cory is once again given a description of royalty by being called "imperially slim" and by also being "clean favored" he seems he may be above all else or at least that aura was personified. In Simon's poem, rather than royal traits, Cory is given characteristics of being "everything a man could want: power, grace, and style." These traits move from a regal standpoint, to one usually associated with famous, sophisticated people. This repositioning of the American Dream is apparent after evaluating the way wealth transformed the way the public viewed Richard Cory.

In the poem, "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson and the poem, "Glass Ceiling" by T.R. Hummer both poets create a scenario in which portrays the act of shielding oneself and others from reality for social reasons and in my opinion, the both poems have similarities. Not only do they have similarities, but differences as well. Some similarities consist of both authors using characters that pass away and also characters that convey the same message. The main difference are the type of characters involved, in "Richard Cory" Richard Cory was someone who masked his identity and was sad in the end, but in "Glass Ceiling" the mother is the one who mask her identity and in the end was an outgoing person

     There were a few interesting lines in the poem that were particularly well written. When the mother is denying her kid the right to march, she says “For I fear

The poem “Richard Cory” is a description and story of a man named Richard Cory, of course. The speaker of the poem is an impoverished, blue-collar

The two poems I chose to analyze were “Curandera” by Pat Mora and “Loose Woman” by Sandra Cisneros. They were an interesting read and made sure to reread several times to make sure I got everything I could from them. Both poems are so unique from other poems I have read; they are also unique from each other yet share similarities as well.

Charles Sweet,an author who published in the Colby Quarterly wrote in his article titled, “A Reexamination of Richard Cory”: “...the repetition of a similar structure in successive lines but also the addition of the word “always” suggest that while external appearances seem eternal, verities are only temporary illusions. Whereas Richard seems at time like a king the narrator admits he is always quietly arrayed. ”(Sweet, Charles A. "A Re-Examination of Richard Cory." ) There could not have been a better phrase to describe “Richard Cory” than “temporary illusions” because the man depicted in the poem is an illusion. An illusion of wealth and appearances that seems to swaddle itself around him and cannot even begin to be uncovered by the metaphorical,naked

In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems, “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy” the main characters are portrayed as outcasts. Both are shunned from society neither having any real friends. Though these characters have some similarities, the way in which Robinson portrays them is very different. Richard Cory is admired by his peers, where as, Miniver Cheevy is opposite; people look down on him. One man appearing to have everything takes his own life, while the other appearing to have nothing accepts his misery.

Richard Corey from the poem “Richard Corey” by Edwin Arlington Robinson went to town and the people around him in the town are describing what it is like to be in his presence and describe the way he walks, talks and looks. Even though the reader is never truly told of his status in society through the authors use of diction to characterize Richard Corey as an elevated stature in society and how he emanates happiness, makes for a more dramatic ending. Edwin Arlington Robinson uses diction to characterize Richard Corey as a man of an elevated stature and of a man who emanates happiness. One way Richard Corey is depicted as of an elevated stature is through the use of the word “imperially.” This word creates a sense of rank and supremacy over