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Question

13. Which one of the following elements is characteristic of the poem "Richard Cory"?

A. Surprise ending
B. Blank verse
C. Lack of rhyme scheme
D. Sonnet form

Answer 1

A. surprise ending...

richard cory committed suicide in the end.

Richard Cory
by Edwin Arlington Robinson


Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked,
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich--yes, richer than a king--
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that 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;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.



obviously, it's not lack of rhyme scheme, nor a sonnet
(fourteen-line rhyming poem with set structure), neither it is a blank verse (unrhymed poetry).
it has but a surprising ending ....which is richard cory's suicide.

Answer 2

i think the surprise ending since u dont expect the bullet, but im not for sure

Answer 3

wouldn't you be surprised if the person you thought had everything going for him committed suicide?

Answer 4

A, he kills himself even though he has everything (riches)