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Perfective aspect and the past tense still dominates the overall stanza suggesting that the judgements on Richard Cory are no longer valid in the present.‘glittered when he walked’ is another addition to the elevated judgement of the people on Richard Cory.‘Good – morning” is a direct speech statement uttered by the recipient.The lack of words said is a contradictory feature to Richard Cory’s down to earth character. The only phrase Cory utters to the people is ‘Good-morning’.“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked. In a different perspective, If he flutters pulses in the hearts of the people to whom he greets, it is simply because they are astonished by his glamour. If Cory flutters pulses, it reveals his nervousness as he is not socially confident.Either of Richard Cory or of the people who talk to him. However, there are two options for the ‘fluttered pulses’.‘he was always human when he talked’ is a positive revelation on Cory’s character, thus ‘he fluttered pulses when he said’ is a negative connotation.
Yet in a different perspective, it is possible to argue that he does not have any riches to showoff as his apparent modesty – is a metaphorical indication of his economical instability. On the one hand, he is genuinely a modest character who does not want to show off his riches. There are two different reasons for Cory to be ‘quietly arrayed’.‘quietly arrayed’ suggests that Richard Cory is not an extravagant character.The second stanza opens with the coordinating conjunction ‘and’ suggesting the reader that the elaboration of Richard Cory’s character continues.The narrator is a singular character who dwells on the pavement of ‘downtown’, yet projects a collective voice and opinion of the general working poor. It is dominated by end-stops which is common in death/suicide poems. Richard Cory’ is a structured poem of four quartans. The narrative voice casually exaggerates his judgement based on the appearance which ultimately concludes be a mere prejudice. The poem revolves around the one and only significant, masculine character called Richard Cory. At the same time, it functions as a lyric poetry as it is a formal poem in the first person narration which expresses ones tempestuous emotions.
‘Richard Cory’ is a based on the style of prose fiction as the content is fictitious and is revealed using vernacular language. The “bread” functions as an allusion to the economic depression during which many survived by eating old bread. It is composed during the panic of 1893 when the United States was suffering a severe economic depression, which is the very reason behind the tragic end of E.A Robinson’s lover’s husband. The poem Richard Cory is based on the thoughts of Herman Robinson’s wife, Emma on her husband.