Richard Cory and God’s Work

People can suffer in silence and suddenly they both shock us by doing something drastic or they leave as heroes who win our perceptiveness. a) Briefly portray what happens in Richard Cory and Gods pasture. Richard Cory, the subject of the poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, is a man who is passing favored in his community. The running(a) class citizens, one of which is the narrator of the poem, are always admiring his sophistication and his majestic attitude. They also have high regards for his humanity, wealth as swell up as his status in education.The muckle think that Richard Cory is everything they begin to cut ski binding on the things they do in hope to achieve a similar lifestyle to the one that Richard Cory lives. However, without any identified reason, Richard kills himself, bringing surprise to the ones who admire him together with the commentator. In the poem Gods Work by Ian McDonald, goal also occurs, however, being of a assorted state to that of Richard Cor y. The poet respects the main character, Mister Edwards, who is his gardener, handyman and a good friend.Mister Edwards is a strong man, both physically and mentally, and a handsome man too. However, he is ill and is experiencing the factors of death. Although Mister Edwards suffers a slow and excruciating death, he shows his capacious appreciation for the things he experiences. He believes that whatever happens, whether it may be pleasing or dissatisfying, it is Gods work and it happens for a reason. Coming on to the end of the poem, the poet sop ups the pain that Mister Edwards endures, and how many people believe that he has a strong heart.Finally, he dies, and the fiber cynically cries out Gods Work. b) How does the program line above apply to each poem? After reading the poems Richard Cory and Gods Work, it is clearly accepted that the statement is applied in both poems. In the poems, the two main characters suffer silently, however, in Richard Cory, his death shocks the r eader and in Gods Work, Mister Edwards strength allowed him to become admirable to the reader. The first half of the poem that states, People suffer in silence and suddenly they either hock us by doing something drastic, is in relation to the poem Richard Cory. The way in which Richard lives his life and carries himself is admired by the narrators, who continually describe his characteristics throughout most of the poem. This may be evident where they describe him as being, Clean favored, and imperially slim. The working class also tries their utmost best to become an individual such as Richard, evident in the lines, In fine, we thought he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place.So on we worked, and waited for the light, and went without the meat, and cursed the bread. with this way of thinking, Richard Cory creates an extreme shock to the reader, by killing himself on one calm summer wickedness. Gods Work relates to the second half of the statement which says t hat the people who suffer in silence, they emerge as heroes who win our admiration. It is evident throughout the poem that Mister Edwards is suffering from a painful illness. The poet describes Mister Edwards suffering the spasms he experiences crumpling up his face. However, he tries to maintain his dignity horizontal during death through the effort to hold back the gut contracting cry. Obviously, Mister Edwards is a man of good faith in God. He accepts that even the worst that can happen is a part of Gods Work as well as the death that he is experiencing. Mister Edwards struggle reveals his strength of character and his heroism allowing him to become such an admiration to the reader. c) In each case, what poetic device does the poet use to make us feel shock or admiration?The poetic device that the poets use in both poems is that of situational irony, so as to make us feel shock or admiration. In Richard Cory, by the way in which the citizens speak slightly Richard Corys wealth , education and his general way of living, the reader is made to believe that he is contented with his life. This may be evident in his royality him being a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored, and imperially slim. Further, it is also perspicuous in the way Richard Cory glittered when he walked, and how rich and admirably schooled he is.The citizens long to become as prosperous as Richard Cory is and waited for the light. However, at the end of the poem, the situational irony shocks the reader, as the narrators reveal that Richard Cory kills himself. This occurs since the reader did not run such a humble and pleasant man, who seems to have everything, to do something that drastic. For the poem Gods Work many situations of irony occur. However, the ironic situation that allows the reader to evoke feelings of admiration is the situation where Mister Edwards accepts death as the actions of God despite the nature of the event.Although many would think that Gods Work is just about the blooming flowers and the rising sun, Mister Edwards believes that harsh storms and floods are also Gods Work, evident where the persona says, Gods work, he would say when the rain pelted down and floods rushed in rivers and storms lashed the tree-tops. The reader may wonder why such an agonizing death is experienced by someone who is verbalize to be of good character, as he is described by the persona in the second stanza, exactly Mister Edwards has faith in God, believing that he allows suffering for there is a reason behind it.