"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

The poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a poem written about the town aristocrat named Richard Cory. It is written with four quatrain stanzas with a rhyme scheme of a, b, a, b, for each stanza. The poet's use of hyperboles and royal comparisons when describing Richard Cory help to elevate him above the townspeople, and his casual mentioning of Cory's suicide leaves the reader in a state of shock.
The first stanza of the poem introduces Richard Cory as a respected man of town. …