WorksheetsRichard Cory Questons
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Richard Cory
a wealthy former friend
a family member
a common person from town
a wealthy businessman
Lines 1 and 2 use all of the following sound techniques to foster the mood EXCEPT?
alliteration
consonance
assonance
rhyme
cacophony
In line 3, the word "crown" has the connotation of
disdain
head
royalty
indifference
jewels
In the context of the second stanza, the phrase “fluttered pulses” (line 7) suggests all of the following except
fear
anger
desire
joy
fatigue
"So on we worked and waited for the light, And went without the meat and cursed the bread,” juxtaposes
poverty and dissatisfaction
hope and despair
civilization and chaos
sacrifice and duty
toil and fatigue
The suicide of Richard Cory should force the speaker to
work harder and be kinder
recalibrate his understanding of success
give people the benefit of the doubt more often
avoid sacrificing the present for the future
not lose touch with his fellow man
