Richard Cory From The Torrent And The Night Before

Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the poem "Richard Cory" in 1879. Robinson was a struggling writer who found it very difficult to try to find someone to help him publish his poems. When he could not find anyone to help him, he decided to self-publish them himself. Robinson was someone who did not have a happy childhood and he would sometimes question why he was even in this world. His unhappiness can be seen in the poem "Richard Cory" from The Torrent and the Night Before. In this poem, you see this man, Richard Cory, who has it all. What you do not see is the growing depression that he is fighting. He may look happy and healthy, "clean favored, and imperially slim;" but deep down he feels like nothing matters in this world. Everyone treating him differently does not help the situation.
"And he was always human when he talked." It alienates him from the rest of the world to the point where he believes he is alone. "But still he fluttered pulses when he said, 'good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked." In this poem it seems that Richard Cory does not have many friends or family that truly care about him, and he is lonely. He wanted to be treated like everyone else, and not like a higher up superior. "And he was rich-yes, richer that a king-" He wanted people to like him, not for his money, but for his personality. Some people may have been envious of him. While he seemed to have everything he could ever want, others were struggling to make ends meet. This poem is a good example as to why "money does not buy happiness." A person can have the world, but feel nothing inside. Richard Cory is someone who everyone assumes is the happiest person alive since he is extremely rich. Sometimes you don’t how someone actually feels until they have reached their limit. Suicide seems like the only answer for some people because life won’t get better for