Research Paper On Richard Cory

Decent Essays
Briana Dominguez
English 3
Harrell/Period 2
October 25, 2017
“Richard Cory:” A Suddenly Death The poem “Richard Cory” indicates a young man suicide. It’s an engaging poem. It interested me by describing how he suddenly kill himself. What I like about this poem is that it explains how he was a rich young man and abruptly he decided to kill himself. In this world, there’s an abundance of situations like this happen everyday. There's approximately a thousands suicides every year.

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