Talk:Richard Cory

Details?

Does anyone know when this poem was written and what the poets muse was? Chrismon 13:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

this poem is amazing

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.242.68 (talk) 01:32, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I think the point is simply that money can't buy happiness. —Angr 14:27, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Small objection

"The Simon & Garfunkel version of the song's ending differs from the poem in that the speaker still wishes he "could be Richard Cory", even after Cory has killed himself."

I think it is obvious that the S&G song merely repeats the chorus at the end to emphasize the gap between the haves and have-nots, underscoring every-man's yearning for the "better life" lived by the "other half". An excellent example of this, in reverse, is the song "What do the simple folk do?" from Camelot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.24.249 (talk) 18:13, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

ℜ𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 ℭ𝔬𝔯𝔶

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