Analysis Of Richard Cory By Edwin Arlington Robinson

People who can write poems from the heart can affect others to their own heart. Some poems are easy to decipher by their meaning, and some are not as simple. I have now read many works of poetry from wonderful authors, but I have had only a few of them to actually stand out and grab my attention through either key words to remind me of thoughts in the past or imagery terms to give me a crystal clear picture. One poem managed to seriously get me focused because of these elements. This poem is title “Richard Cory” by the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson. The outstanding written work spoke to me in such a way that tears were brought to my eyes. The way this speaks to me is through the memory of a friend named Trey Parsley – a friend who brought great memories to us all, but left us to remember him to …show more content…
Richard Cory had all of what he ever wanted, as well as Trey had, with being rich, but this did not bring happiness. Trey also experienced more personal life situations which are what I sense as a hidden aspect in the poem because the people just admired his outside looks, and they never looked on the inside with his situations he may have had. The theme of Robinson’s poem is that money cannot bring you happiness, nor can a person ever be judged like a book by the cover it has. This is how this poem speaks to me. A memory of a loved one closely related to the situations as the character to the story. The imagery and declining tone is all it takes to make be feeling my eyes shatter as if they were mirrors being shattered. Even though on the outside a normal life was being lived, and deeper situation was leading life to come to an end. The question still stands as to why he made that final decision. However, all I can say is, for both Richard Cory and Trey, God only knows why their lives decided to end on both of those calm, yet disturbed,