"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Rollercoaster
<Tab/>The poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a tone rollercoaster. The tone changes throughout the poem. The poem goes from happiness, to envious, ending in depression. The author successfully uses different tones to keep the readers attention and realistically tell a story that can be identified with today's society.
<Tab/>The author uses happiness to draw in the reader's attention and to keep the reader happy as if he or she was actually there. The author describes Richard Cory in a manor that makes the reader feel like he or…