Richard Corey

"WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,

We people on the pavement looked at him:

He was a gentleman from sole to crown,"

These people on the pavement are poor, and Richard is drenched in glory to them. He has money, education, and grace as they see. "And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,And admirably schooled in every grace:"This is only on the outside though. I feel that they wanted to be him so bad, they expressed this as "And went without the meat, and cursed the bread" meaning they were starving for a while just so they could try and build up to what Mr.Corey was. That's only what they interpreted him to be, happy as can be, he had everything in the world to them. Richard didn't think so though, something besides being poor, or uneducated was eating him inside, something enough to take away all his glory and money. "And Richard Corey, one calm summer night,Went home and put a bullet through his head."