A. Title: The title of this poem suggests that it is about a man, perhaps a man who likes and perhaps a man who does not like. From the vagueness of the title the man could be an outcast.B. To paraphrase: When Richard Cory goes downtown, people watch him. He was well dressed from head to toe, clean and very thin. He was always quietly orderly and human when he spoke. But he trembled when he said "Good morning" and shone when he walked. He was richer than a king, very polite and graceful. We thought that was it and we wanted to be him. So he worked and waited for the light, he didn't eat meat and hated bread, one summer night he came home and shot himself in the head.C: Connotations:The poem is written in quatrains ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GHGH and has a rhythm irregular. There is imagery in the poem when he says, “he glittered when he walked.” Everyone liked Richard Cory and wanted to be like him because he was so perfect, however Richard Cory was still unhappy, which caused his untimely demise.D. Attitude: The speaker in this poem is most likely a person from the city who represents the city as a whole, a synecdoche. “We,” meaning everyone who had seen Richard Cory. The attitude of the speaker is perhaps one of reverence. The townspeople liked Richard Cory for who he was and were sad to hear that he had killed himself. The poet's attitude is that what happened had happened and could not be changed. Even though Richard Cory had everything a man could ask for, he was still unhappy. Changes: There are no changes in the speaker throughout the poem, but the attitude of the poem takes a turn towards the morbid at the end of the final quatrain when he kills himself. The passage is important because it gets to the main point of the story. Just because someone has everything and seems happy, doesn't mean that's really the case. F. Title: The title of this poem after reading it could be seen as his epitaph on the tombstone; his name posted at the top and then a little story about his life and