Richard Cory By Edward Arlington Robinson

Richard Cory by Edward Arlington Robinson was considered one of his best poems during this timeframe. In this anthologize poem, The author talks about a gentleman who goes by the name Richard who is going through town and people are looking at him to whom one can only assume or the unfortunate. It appears as though Richard has it all but at the end of the poem shows that he is suffering from some kind of depression that leads him to commit suicide by putting a bullet to his head. This brings up many social issues that were going on during that time it also goes along with the panic of 1893.

The panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in the 1883 and ended in 1897. It was deeply affected by every sector of the economy and produced a political of help that led to the 1886 running election of President William McKinley. The class and relation struggle that is within this poem shows a gentleman who is high-class and is living a wealthy lifestyle however due to the economic struggles, he feels that his only way out was to commit suicide. …show more content…
Even though he was considered one of the richest people, he still made time to talk to even in the poorest person on the street. In his poem the author does not pose a solution to the social class issues raise, however he does state that there is an issue in a sociological aspect of this reading. The issues that are the seen within in this poem are the economic crisis that was going on back during that