Instructions: select the correct answer.

which element of modernist poetry is evident in this excerpt from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson?

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.

a nontraditional rhyme scheme

the theme of alienation and dissatisfaction

the theme of self-importance and hard work

stanzas of varied length

the theme of alienation and dissatisfaction.

In this excerpt, one of the elements of modernist poetry that is present is that of alienation and dissatisfaction. Modernist poetry often dealt with these ideas, as they believed that technology and society were often in the way of our achieving true happiness. In this poem, Richard Cory seems to have it all, and is admired by everyone. Nevertheless, he is unhappy enough to kill himself.

the answer is b and c

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,