The poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, is a poem that shows
             that people cannot determine another person's happiness by their appearance. The author
             uses the setting, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate this. Robinsons poem is about a rich
             man that commits suicide, and the thoughts of the people in town that watch him in his
             everyday life. Edwin Robinson clearly shows us in his poem "Richard Cory" that the life of
             someone else may not be all what it is cracked up to be. The townspeople looked up to
             Richard Cory, they envied him and his lifestyle. However, if they would have looked a
             little closer, instead of judging him from his appearance, they would have not wanted to be
             The settings that this author uses makes the readers think that Richard Cory is a
             happy man who is greatly admired. Downtown is one of the settings that was used.
             Downtown is used as a place where Richard Cory seemed to have gone often because the
             people that work there seem to know who he is. The poem talks of him walking
             downtown without seeming to have any problems at all. Another setting that the author
             used was the pavement. The people who worked downtown on the pavement were the
             people that judged him just by the way that he looked. They thought that he was perfect
             because he did not appear to have any problems and looked very happy. The last setting
             that was used was a calm summer night. This setting makes everything seem so peaceful,
             but in reality Richard Cory was killing himself. It is an ironic setting because we think just
             the opposite as we are reading the poem.
             The author also uses imagery to help illustrate the theme in this poem. The fact
             that Richard Cory was viewed as quietly arrayed makes the reader think that he has no
             problems and that everyone wants to be like him. Also, the poem states that he is "richer
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