In the poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson irony plays a major role in the outcome of events that occur at the end. To the reader Richard Cory seems like he is living the perfect and most ideal life style, almost that he is better than others. What's ironic is that the entire town believed that he was living a happy life when in truth he was miserable clearly being stated at the end, "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head"(14-15). Not only did Robinson make it a point that he wasn't happy but by adding in a calm summer night he is using two far reaching comparisons to make his point with the help of situational and verbal irony. This poem is teaching a good moral in that not everything is always as it seems, and having money and grace may not always be enough to bring you true happiness. Richard Cory's life was far from happy and simply just a fallacy in the towns people's eyes.
Robinson, Edwin Arlington. "Richard Cory." The Bedford Introduction to Literature.Ed. Michael Meyer. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008.927-28
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