Richard Cory – Paper 01
#1. What is Richard Cory’s social status?
#2. How is Richard Cory described physically?
#3. Where does Richard Cory walk every day?
#4. How does the speaker in the poem feel about Richard Cory?
#5. How do the townspeople view Richard Cory?
#6. What does Richard Cory do that makes people admire him?
#7. What happens at the end of the poem?
#8. How does Richard Cory die?
#9. What is the reaction of the townspeople to Richard Cory’s death?
#10. What does the poem suggest about appearances?
#11. What is the tone of the poem?
#12. What is the central theme of “Richard Cory”?
#13. Who is the narrator in the poem?
#14. What does the phrase “went without the meat” in the poem imply?
#15. What does Richard Cory represent in the poem?
#16. What does the poem imply about wealth and happiness?
#17. How does the speaker describe the townspeople’s reaction to Richard Cory?
#18. What emotion does the poem evoke in the reader?
#19. What is the significance of Richard Cory’s death?
#20. What does the poem suggest about societal expectations?
