Robinson is a poem about the people's American dream of wealth that leads to one man's suicide. The use of historical context, detail, and overall style convey Robinson's messages. It is a poem that many can relate to because American people dream of wealth and assures us that it is not worth having anyway. The poem "Richard Cory" is about a man named Richard Cory who was admired and well respected by everyone in town. He was a rich and schooled gentleman. Everyone that saw Richard wanted to follow in his footsteps and live his life. They all thought that being rich is everything and wanted to be in his place. Wealth was not everything to Richard Cory and his life was not so happy because by the end of the poem he ends up killing himself with a gun. For example, the last two lines of the poem, lines 15 and 16 describe his death, which was a tragedy. E.A. Robinson conveys a few important themes in his poem "Richard Cory." The first theme is wealth and poverty (Kelly,121). The poem's last line is surprising because Richard Cory is a powerful and upper class man that seems to live a great life so most would assume that he would have no reason to kill himself. The last lines, 15 and 16 E.A. Robinson writes, "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head. In the first stanza he is shown to be different from other people because he is wealthy and powerful. The reason his wealth is so important is that it is thought to have made him a better person. The townspeople misjudged him. It turns out that the rich are afflicted with the same despair as the rest of the population. ...