no i don't think he'd rather be dead than poor, i think that its more broad than that. people all the time want more money and more fun and more priviledges and without realizing that that only goes so far to make someone more happy. it doesn't really make you more happy. it makes it more comfortable to be unhappy, at best. i think that if you are unhappy in general, having an orgy on a yacht won't do much to make you happier. so when the narrator reads that richard cory killed himself, its puzzling, considering that richard cory had everything going for him. however, the narrator still wants to be rich and famous, like richard cory. it doesn't matter that money didn't solve anything for him, the narrator still wants to be richard cory.
no i don't think he'd rather be dead than poor, i think that its more broad than that. people all the time want more money and more fun and more priviledges and without realizing that that only goes so far to make someone more happy. it doesn't really make you more happy. it makes it more comfortable to be unhappy, at best. i think that if you are unhappy in general, having an orgy on a yacht won't do much to make you happier. so when the narrator reads that richard cory killed himself, its puzzling, considering that richard cory had everything going for him. however, the narrator still wants to be rich and famous, like richard cory. it doesn't matter that money didn't solve anything for him, the narrator still wants to be richard cory.
and the poem is very good