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Richard Cory
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Simon and Garfunkel
Edwin Arlington Robinson
"Oh, he surely must be happy with everything he's got."
Won three Pulitzer Prizes
"Collected Poems" ~ 1921
"The Man Who Died Twice" ~ 1924
"Tristram" ~ 1927
Born in Head Tide, Maine on December 22, 1869.
His childhood was "stark and unhappy."
When he did not make enough off of writing he became a New York Subway Inspector.
Influences for this Poem
He had two brothers:
Dean: Died of a drug overdose
Herman: Had a business that failed, became an alcoholic, and left his family
Written during the Panic of 1893.
Worst depression the USA had ever seen.
Many banks failed because of the collapse of the railroads.
In what ways did his two brothers and the Panic have on the content of this poem?
True Happiness
Real World Meaning
Why do you think that someone that has money can still be unhappy, even though they have everything they could ever want?
Structure
ABAB
Four Stanzas
Iambic Pentameter
Every person has someone that they would like to switch places with. Kind of like the saying, "the grass is greener on the other side" until we get to the other side where the grass is just as green or worse then before. WE think that if I was just him or her my life would be so much better than it is now. However, WE may find that their life was not as good as it seemed from the outside, and we made assumptions that because they had money they would automatically be happy. This is the point that I believe that Edwin is trying to get across.
Sources
Anderson, Wallace L. "On "Richard Cory"" On "Richard Cory" Modern American Poetry, n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2013.
"Richard Cory : Edwin Arlington Robinson - Summary and Critical Analysis." Richard Cory : Edwin Arlington Robinson - Summary and Critical Analysis. Bachelor and Master, n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2013
O'Bedlam, Tom. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson.YouTube. YouTube, 23 Mar. 2009. Web. 06 Jan. 2013.
Simon, Paul, and Arthur Garfunkel. "Simon & Garfunkel - Richard Cory." YouTube. YouTube, 31 Mar. 2010. Web. 05 Jan. 2013
What do you think that Edwin was trying to make people think about after reading his poem?
Images
Poverty
"So on we worked"
"And went without meat, and cursed the bread;"
Royalty
"crown"
"richer than a king"
Light
"he glittered when he walked."
"waited for the light,"
Word Usage
Darkness
"one calm summer night,"
Downtown
We
Pavement
Crown
Imperially
Always
Fluttered and Glittered
Each stanza reveals something about Richard Cory, what is revealed?
Why was "one calm summer night"used over maybe a harsh winter or cool fall night?