berg 2person with problems like any other.The repetition in the poem helps to emphasize this point. The frequent use of "And" (lines 5,6,9,10,14,15) truly underscores the irony in the poem. Robinson bombards the reader with the notion that Richard Cory has everything anyone could want. The reader becomes immersed in Richard Cory's wonderful life. Through this language, the reader experiences along with the people, the amazement of Cory's death. And eventually, both the reader and the people discover their false conclusions about Richard Cory. Robinson succeeds in making a memorable point, elegantly.The poem also contains a meter of abab with five accented syllables per line which supplements the idea that these people didn't bother to familiarize themselves with the deeper Richard Cory. It maintains a lighter feel right up until his death. This quality serves to emphasize the unexpectedness of Cory's death as the reader expects a happy ending to go along with a relatively happy poem up until that point.The details of Richard Cory in the poem only deal with his external qualities. All of those who knew Richard Cory, believed that he was standard to which everyone should strive to be like. Belief, ironically was the one thing the people had; and the one thing Richard Cory lacked. Blinded by images of great material wealth, the people failed to see that Richard Cory was spiritually bankrupt. The very things that served to give Richard Cory the status that he had attained also reveal the inner emptiness that led him to take his own life. ...
