Lloyd Morris, in his analysis of Richard Cory, shows us exactly that the effect of this poem is merely to make us understand that which we do not see. Poverty as a choice, such as that made by Mother Theresa, may have value, but not of itself, but rather of the freeing influence it has on the person who owns nothing. ( biography, Edwin Arlington Robinson, 2008) However, I still disagree with that idea, based upon the fact that poverty has no particular value, either culturally or mystically. So, perhaps, the poet did mean to tell us we should accept our lot. We also wonder why the love of his life turned him down at least twice. In looking at others of his poems, it seems that many are narrative and moralistic. The love of his life married his brother and refused him twice after being widowed. His volumes of poetry won the Pulitzer Prize three times. The author, Edwin Arlington Robinson, came from a financially secure family with social problems, such as his brother’s alcoholism, and he made his way for the most part, with some help from family and friends.
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