Two Hearts Living in Two Separate Worlds
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English 421D
Mr. Robert Nicholson
March 1, 2011
Two Hearts Living in Two Separate Worlds
‘Warren Pryor’ by Alden Nowlan and ‘Richard Cory’ by Edwin Arlington Robinson are two poems
that show similarities in language, sacrifice, and suffering. Warren Pryor is a guy who has work for
everything as his parents sacrifice and suffer just to send him to a good school, when what he really
wants to do is work on the family farm. Richard Cory is rich, yet some way or another he does not like
his life. “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” showed a great deal of meaning, feelings, alike qualities like
language structure, the authors shared numerous ways of presenting allusions, alliteration, similes, and
more.
Warren Pryor’s parents suffer to pay for his education so he can get “his passport from the years
of brutal toil.” (Alden Nowlan, “Richard Pryor,” l.7) Pryor’s parents do not want him to end up working
on the farm for the rest of his life, but neither to get a full education and a good job. His parents sacrifice
to pay for his education, from the money they slaved working on the farm. But what his parents do not
know is that all Pryor’s wants to do is work on the farm instead of going away to school and working at
the bank. The job that Pryor gets as a banker which he does not like. It feels to Pryor “like a young bear
inside a teller’s cage, “ (Alden Nowlan, “Richard Cory,” l.14) bored and lonely inside a cage, only Pryor’s
‘cage’ is his teller’s desk at the bank. His strength and urge to be outside is being wasted inside,
especially when “his axe-hewn hands up the paper bills/aching with empty strength and throttled rage.”
Warren Pryor continues to suffer to make his parents happy.
Richard Cory, a successful man, has everything he could ever want, or so it seems. People look
at Richard Cory as if he is above and beyond everyone. He is rich, charming, good looking and
“whenever Richard Cory went downtown/ we people on the pavement looked at him.” (Edwin Arlington
Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.1-2) Richard Cory is explained to be “admirable school in every grace” (Edwin
Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.10) showing that he basically is perfect. Cory makes it seem as if he
is the perfect guy but then one night he “went home and put a bullet through his head.” (Edwin
Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.16) Obviously he is suffering from something while everyone
thinks he has everything he could ever need, but that’s not what he thinks since he took his own life.
Edwin Arlington Robinson and Alden Nowlan, authors of “Richard Cory” and “Warren Pryor”
make use of similar language in their poems. Similes, allusions, public and private symbols are just a few
of the literary terms they have written in their poems. Richard Cory “was rich- yes, richer than a king”
(Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.9) comparing his wealth to a kings. Warren Pryor felt “like a
young bear inside his teller’s cage,” (Alden Nowlan, “Richard Cory,” l.14) he was stuck behind a teller’s
desk, where he did not want to be at all, but could not change that because he wanted to do the right
thing, by making his parents happy. Richard Cory is simply bored at work. He does not like his job on bit,
and hates banking when he would rather farm. Alden Nowlan had his audience under an allusion than
when Warren Pryor “went to the Bank their cups ran over” (Alden Nowlan, “Warren Pryor,” l.9) and
when the people saw him they were happy to see him. His parents happy he has a good job. Edwin
Arlington Robinson also shows an allusion on how Richard Cory is like King Richard. Cory “was rich- yes,
richer than a king” (Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.9) showing that he had all the money in
the world, even more than a king, possibly King Richard. “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” have many
similar literary terms the ones mentioned are just a few of what are in the poems.
“Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” two poems that show a great deal of suffering and sacrifice.
One man changes his life style to please his loving parents, while another man seems to have it all but
really is dying inside and ends his own life. The poems are written with alike languages such as literary
terms, quatrains in both, sacrificing and suffering. Edwin Arlington Robinson and Alden Nowlan have
written two very interesting poems but good that contain a lot of information and meaning.
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………………………….. green is if I spelt something wrong, I am changing it to the proper spelling.
……………………… … grey is changing the word from past to present.
/////////////////// pink is a change in the text, whether it’s wording, or different way I said a sentence.
…………………… …... blue indicates a low case changing to a upper case, or vise versa.
……………………… …. red is a changing in punctuation.
1. Changing the i to a capital I.
2. Adding in the word are to the text.
3. Words is and does, changing it from past tense (was, did)
4. Word has, changing it to present tense from had.
5. Adding the word as into the text.
6. Word sacrifice, changing it to present tense from sacfriced.
7. Word suffer, changing it to present tense from suffered.
8. Word wants, changing it to present tense from wanted.
9. Richard Cory is rich, instead of Richard Cory had all the money in the world.
10. Add the word yet into the text.
11. Word some, instead of being capitalized it is now lower case.
12. “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” showed a great deal of meaning, feelings, alike qualities like
language structure, the authors shared numerous ways of presenting allusions, alliteration, similes, and
more. -- new sentence added in.
13. Word suffer, changing it to present tense from suffered.
14. Incorrect quotation before, now adding a comma.
15. Do not instead of didn’t, past tense to present.
16. Add in word which was neither.
17. Word sacrifice, changing it to present tense from sacfriced.
18. Do not instead of didn’t, past tense to present.
19. Wants instead of wanted, past tense to present.
20. Gets instead of got, past tense to present.
21. Adding a period into the text.
22. It feels instead of it felt, past tense to present.
23. To Pryor, add-in to the text.
24. Adding a comma into the word teller’s.
25. Adding in the words ‘especially when’ into the text.
26. Continues instead of continued, past tense to present.
27. Richard Cory, a successful man, has everything he could ever want, or so it seems. A change in the
text from what was there before.
28. Look instead of looked, past tense to present.
29. Words as if, add in to the text.
30. He, lower case to upper case.
31. Word and, added into the text.
32. Corey to Cory, spelling error.
33. Add in the text ‘explained to be.’
34. Add in the text ‘showing that he basically is perfect.’
35. Change the text to ‘as if he is’ from seem like the.
36. Than to then, spelling error.
37. Add in text, while.
38. Change in the text, while.
39. Thought to think, past tense to present.
40. Had to has, past tense to present.
41. Change in the text, ‘everything he could ever need.’
42. Add in the text, ‘but that’s not what he thinks since he took his own life.’
43. Change in the text, ‘make use of similar language in their poems.’
44. Change in the text, ‘are just a few of the literary terms they have written in their poems.’
45. Add in the text, ‘he was stuck behind a teller’s desk, where he did not want to be at all, but could not
change that because he wanted to do the right thing, by making his parents happy.’
46. Add in the text, and.
47. Hated to hates, past to present.
48. Change in the text, banking when he would rather farm. Alden Nowlan had his audience under an
allusion than when Warren Pryor “went to the Bank their cups ran over” (Alden Nowlan, “Warren Pryor,”
l.9) and when the people saw him they were happy to see him. His parents happy he has a good job.
Edwin Arlington Robinson also shows an allusion on how Richard Cory is like King Richard. Cory “was
rich- yes, richer than a king” (Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” l.9) showing that he had all the
money in the world, even more than a king, possibly King Richard.
49. Add in the text, “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” have many similar literary terms the ones
mentioned are just a few of what are in the poems.
50. Change in the text, “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory” two poems that.
51. Change in the text, while.
52. Add in the text, such as literary terms, quatrains in both.
53. Add in the text, have.
54. Change in the text, written.
55. Add in the text, but good.