In the two poems Miniver Cheevy and Richard Coy there are many similarities as well as differences. Some of the main things that jump out at me is how unhappy they both are I believe they are both similar in this respect, also how at one point they seemed happy. One of the main difference is that one has everything he wants in life and more, while the other one can only dream of great things. Another main difference is that one is unhappy enough to end his life while the other one while unhappy still continues to live in his misery. While both of these poems have stark differences they have great similarities also. The biggest similarity to me is they both seem extremely unhappy. Miniver Cheevy and Richard Coy are both unhappy to the
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Richard Coy talks of walking through town and speaking to people, really just being a normal person and doing thing happy people do, he was well educated and admired in town. Similarly Miniver Cheevy tries to look at everyday with a glass half full perspective. He even dreams of happier times and "rested from his laborers"(Robinson). The reasons they are unhappy could not be more different. In Miniver Cheevy he basically has nothing. It seems as though he is very poor and has not be able to accomplish anything in life he wanted too. Robinson said, "He wept he was ever born". On the other hand you have Richard Coy. He is extremely wealthy and has everything he has ever wanted he is well mannered and respected. This poem is an example of how you can have everything and still be miserable. The next main difference is one is OK living in misery and one is not. In Richard Coy he talks about his awesome life and it is still not good enough. In the last few lines it tells you what became of his great life. Robinson tells you "one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet in his head". Coy could not live in the misery, Cheevy on the other hand did. His poem tells you of his awful life how nothing ever went his way. But they ended quite differently. Cheevy, "Called it fate, and kept on
Richard Coy talks of walking through town and speaking to people, really just being a normal person and doing thing happy people do, he was well educated and admired in town. Similarly Miniver Cheevy tries to look at everyday with a glass half full perspective. He even dreams of happier times and "rested from his laborers"(Robinson). The reasons they are unhappy could not be more different. In Miniver Cheevy he basically has nothing. It seems as though he is very poor and has not be able to accomplish anything in life he wanted too. Robinson said, "He wept he was ever born". On the other hand you have Richard Coy. He is extremely wealthy and has everything he has ever wanted he is well mannered and respected. This poem is an example of how you can have everything and still be miserable. The next main difference is one is OK living in misery and one is not. In Richard Coy he talks about his awesome life and it is still not good enough. In the last few lines it tells you what became of his great life. Robinson tells you "one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet in his head". Coy could not live in the misery, Cheevy on the other hand did. His poem tells you of his awful life how nothing ever went his way. But they ended quite differently. Cheevy, "Called it fate, and kept on