Richard “Unhappy” Cory The analysis of: Richard Cory Whenever Richard Cory went down town, A We People on the pavement looked at him: B He was a gentleman from sole to crown, A Clean favored, and imperially slim. B And he was always quietly arrayed, C And he was always human when he talked; D But still he fluttered pulses when he said, C “Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked. D And he was …showed first 75 words of 946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 946 total…think, what problems could a man like Richard Cory possibly have? The ironic shock of Richard Cory’s sudden violent suicide forces us (as it forced the townspeople) to reevaluate not only what we thought we knew about the man we envied, but also what we thought we knew about our own lives and about the nature of suffering. And through this particular thought, Robinson clearly lays this distressing image into his poem, “Richard Cory.”