When it comes to living a wholesome and prosperous life, there are a lot of expectations that in tells the essentials of it. It doesn’t necessarily matter the age, gender, religion, ethnicity, size, or a person’s financial stability or lack thereof; it can be overwhelming with a great deal of having to take on responsibilities and issues that life throws at you each day you wake up. Dealing with, or not having to deal with life issues is what set one apart from another and in today’s time, people using phrases like, “survival of the fittest” or “only the strong survive.” These are phrases that society would have a person to think would separate the weak minded from the strong minded individuals.
In Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” and Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory” is poems that captures a person’s character and mindset. While both have similarities in their approaches and the way they are structured, there are also differences. I’m Nobody! Who are you? is one of Dickinson comical pieces …show more content…
Cory is a person that does not have to hide or shy away from the world, but probably wish he could. He was admired by the community, every person who was any person, wanted to be him. He had it all as people would say. Conversely, that’s the outer exterior, what was actually going on inside, behind closed doors? In stanza 1- 4, “Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole crown, Clean favor imperially slim” (Perkins 85). One would think, what would make a man get dressed and take the same route downtown so the people could admire him. I really doubt he was doing all this and not noticing the attention he was getting from the spectators. The writer paints the picture of somebody who was to himself, basically,
In Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” and Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory” is poems that captures a person’s character and mindset. While both have similarities in their approaches and the way they are structured, there are also differences. I’m Nobody! Who are you? is one of Dickinson comical pieces …show more content…
Cory is a person that does not have to hide or shy away from the world, but probably wish he could. He was admired by the community, every person who was any person, wanted to be him. He had it all as people would say. Conversely, that’s the outer exterior, what was actually going on inside, behind closed doors? In stanza 1- 4, “Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole crown, Clean favor imperially slim” (Perkins 85). One would think, what would make a man get dressed and take the same route downtown so the people could admire him. I really doubt he was doing all this and not noticing the attention he was getting from the spectators. The writer paints the picture of somebody who was to himself, basically,