"Richard Cory"

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This paper explains the tragic family life that Robinson had - filled with illness and death of family members. It analyzes his poem "Richard Cory" and discusses whether this poem was about a specific family member or not.

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"Robinson's philosophical perspective came to combine the idealism of the waning Romantic Age with the dark pessimism of the dawning century. While he believed ardently in the divine spark within all man and nature, he inevitably found that spark clouded with what he called "the black and awful chaos of the night." His attitude is not surprising, because of his failed romances, poetry neglect and alcohol in his family. His mother shockingly died from black diphtheria. His brothers, Dean and Herman died from alcohol and drug addictions. His father's health started declining and he finally died. Most of the family finances were loss, as well as his own prolonged frustration and poverty."

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