Richard Cory

[VIVAlasVEGASBaby]

Richard Cory
by Edwin Arlington Robinson

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.

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 through his head.

 

[LikRetsam]

So... powerful...

 

[Steam]

I read da in english before

 

[The Antichrist_Star]

I am going to have to sleep on that one...

 

[The Irish Corleone]

I had to memorize that for English class last year...

It's the classic "grass is always greener on the other side" story where you learn that it really isn't much greener.

What do you guys think?

 

[Steam]

it basically means that things my seam all fine on the outside but their not really. He was too afraid to talk to others and they were to scared to talk to him since they beleived he was better then them when he really wasn't. So he had nothing to live for so he ended his life.

 

[Ballistik]

He's a cover without a book.

 

[GlutusMaximus86]

Simon and Gaurfunkel (SP?) wrote a song based on that poem as well. Of course I'm prolly the only wussy here who listens to Simon and Gaurfunkel but oh well . I think the core meaning of the poem, IMO, is that money and power don't promise happiness. So pretty much what The Irish Corleone said.

 

[Spoiled3289]

Originally posted by Steam
I read da in english before

Same here and I thought it was really good.

 

[assassin]

Powerful poem,
brings back memories

yea

and

I like Simon and Gaurfunkel