Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, 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. . Edwin Arlington Robinson
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The poem is written by Robert Frost. A man named Richard Cory was a very rich and wealthy man, who never had to work for a living! He had everything he ever wanted, and he had no idea how to improve his life. Also, it seemed as if he had no worries in the world. He had everything he ever wanted and yet on the night that he was killed, he still felt as though his life was lacking. He wonders what would have happened if he had lived on and not died on that night.

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