Richard Cory is a poem published in 1897 by a poet Edwin Arlington Robinson who won three Pulitzer Prize for his work. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. According to owlcation.com “Richard Cory,” is the story of a man who seems to have it all. The people of the town, who are clearly of a lower financial class, place Richard Cory on a pedestal. The lower class look up to Richard Cory and want to be just like him. The poet’s complex attitude toward Richard Cory is seen in the tone, diction, and in the poet's attitude toward Richard Cory.
The poem's tone is admiring in the first stanza because it emphasizes how the lower class looks up to Richard Cory and how they view him as a king due to his classy, formal, and clean favored appearance. “He was a gentleman from sole to crown. Clean favored, and imperially slim.” (Line 4). The poet conveys Richard Cory as a gentleman in appearance, finance and his education, he uses that phrase to express to the readers how it is the people from society view Richard Cory. The people perceive him as a divine superior man of the community. …show more content…
The poet uses his diction in order to radiate how insightful and genuine Richard Cory truly is. He is contemplated as an advanced individual rather than a regular one. The title of the poem is “Richard Cory” which is a great diction choice for this poem whose main poem is the character name Richard Cory but there is more to that simple title. The word “Richard” is the first part of the title which means “hard in rule”, ric represents the words ruler, leader, king and powerful and hard represents strong, brave, and hardy. The second part of the title is “Cory” which means chosen, therefore the exhaustive meaning of the title is “the chosen
The poem's tone is admiring in the first stanza because it emphasizes how the lower class looks up to Richard Cory and how they view him as a king due to his classy, formal, and clean favored appearance. “He was a gentleman from sole to crown. Clean favored, and imperially slim.” (Line 4). The poet conveys Richard Cory as a gentleman in appearance, finance and his education, he uses that phrase to express to the readers how it is the people from society view Richard Cory. The people perceive him as a divine superior man of the community. …show more content…
The poet uses his diction in order to radiate how insightful and genuine Richard Cory truly is. He is contemplated as an advanced individual rather than a regular one. The title of the poem is “Richard Cory” which is a great diction choice for this poem whose main poem is the character name Richard Cory but there is more to that simple title. The word “Richard” is the first part of the title which means “hard in rule”, ric represents the words ruler, leader, king and powerful and hard represents strong, brave, and hardy. The second part of the title is “Cory” which means chosen, therefore the exhaustive meaning of the title is “the chosen