Richard Corey

According to the poem, people think Richard Corey is cool guy. He seems to have everything he wants and needs, meaning he "was rich—yes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace". With all this everybody looked upon him as something they wanted to be, somewhat like the American Dream, and also like Dissilusionment when you get to the end and find out the man "put a bullet through his head." People looked at him thinking he must be so happy because his life seemed so perfect, but the reality was I assume, that there was something missing from this perfect world people saw him in.