Summary
“Richard Cory” is told
from the point of view of a beggar, or at least what the reader interoperates as
a beggar. Richard was a soft spoken, gentlemen who was very polite to everyone
around him, he would greet them daily. The way he spoke, made people around him
get chills (the good kind) because he had a smooth, suave voice. Cory was a
very wealthy man, who had more money than the king, and was well educated; he
was such a great man, that he was the envy of other men. Cory worked until
daybreak and did not eat meat and heated bread. One random evening, during the
summer Richard Cory went home and committed suicide.
Reader
Response
This was a really good poem;
I liked the voice it had. I again liked how it rhymed and told a great story by
using such simple words. The message was clear, that even when you have
everything and are a good person, wealth and the pressure of the world can just
destroy you as a person and take a heavy toll on your life. I liked that Cory
was an all-around mans-man, everyone wanted to be him because he was so kind
and rich and smart. But I think there was a bit of irony because everyone
wanted to be Cory, but when he ended up dead I think no one wanted to trade
spaces with him anymore. Over all was well written and an awesome poem,
probably a new favorite of mine.
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