Brittany Delgaty's Poem Presentation

RICHARD CORY
By Edwin Arlington Robinson

RICHARD CORY
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean-favoured and imperially slim.
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.

And he was rich, yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine -- we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked and waited for the light,
And went without the meat and cursed the bread,
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet in his head.

Thesis:
 Edwin Robinson uses diction, tone and imagery that manipulates the reader's expectations.

QUESTIONS:
1.) What imagery is saliant?

2.) How does diction creaet the tone of the poem?

3.) What is the tone in poem and how does it change?

4.) What is the meaning of this poem? (What is it's signifigance?)

5.) Why do you think Richard Cory killed himself?