"Richard Corey" was written by a talented poet named Edwin Arlington Robinson. This poem, as well as many of his other works, reflects the life of Robinson because as you will learn, he faced many hardships and had to overcome many obstacles throughout his lifetime. Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on December 22, 1869 in Head tide, Maine. He was the third of three sons and was considered a disappointment to his mother who wanted a daughter. …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…what we are left with is the darkness inside his soul, which only grows more impenetrable as one reflects on it" (from Singing the Chaos: Madness and Wisdom in Modern Poetry).In other words, we will never know why Richard Cory pulled a stunt like this. Robinson keeps himself out of the poem, letting it be told by the people of the town. We the audience are left to puzzle it out at the end.