In
"," the title character is admired by the townspeople. They envy him and wish to be
him. The way Robinson establishes this main idea in the first three stanzas makes the ironic
ending even more shocking to the reader.
The speaker describes Richard Cory
in a positive manner from the start of the poem. The first stanza reads,
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,We
people on the pavement looked at him:He was a gentleman from sole to
crown,Clean favored, and imperially slim. (lines 1€“4)
All of the townspeople look at Richard Cory when he walks around
town. He is described as the quintessential "gentleman." The adjective
"clean" and the adverb "imperially" add to the positive perspective of the
speaker and townsfolk.Next, in stanza two, the
speaker tells us:And he was always
quietly arrayed,And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. (lines 5€“8)
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