Richard Cory – Analysis Essay Example

deep smooth voice, "...he fluttered pulses when he said,/Good Morning..." The moment I read "he fluttered pulses" when he talked, I could see young girls giggle, older women getting warm feelings inside, and men being surprised to hear his voice even though they've heard it before. When the poem read, "he was always human when he talked," I did not quite understand. Soon afterward, I realized the author meant Richard Cory was not a conceited or arrogant man; he was a friendly man. I could imagine him being the brightest thing on the street when I comprehended "he glittered when he walked." I realized that Richard Cory was more than just a rich man.

"...Yes richer than a king," the third stanza states. At first reading, I thought, "This man must have money growing on trees!" Resulting from another reading, I came to the conclusion that maybe the narrator just couldn't picture someone having so much money and might have exaggerated to show how much wealthier Richard Cory was than most people. As the people in line 11, I can certainly relate to thinking that a particular person "was everything."

After finishing line 13, I did not entirely understand what was meant by "the light." Did it signify daylight or symbolize a rescuer from the life they were living? The final stanza ended by telling the reader how Richard Cory went home one night and shot himself in the head. I found it kind of selfish that Richard Cory - a man who could afford to eat at a fancy restaurant every day - killed himself while the "people on the pavement" went without meat for days.

I would expect the people in the poem to have killed themselves before Richard Cory would even think about picking up a gun.

After reading the poem for the first couple of times, I thought Richard Cory was an affluent man who killed himself because he was unloved. Then I read the poem over and recognized that many factors could have led to his death and there's no proof he wasn't loved - in fact, the poem even tells that he was greatly admired. I noticed the people in the poem would have traded lives with him in an instant. I think the overall message is saying don't give up on life; unfortunately, Richard Cory and many others did.