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Edwin Arlington Robinson is a poet known for his profound poems such as Richard Cory, Luke Havergal and Mr. Flood's Party. We read these three poems in class, and I'm here to tell you which one of the poems is the best because of the literary elements. The best poem of the three is Richard Cory, because of the symbolism and characterization. In the poem, you can visualize Richard Cory in your mind based on the way he is described. Phrases such as, "Clean favored, and imperially slim," and "he fluttered pulses" help the reader understand who Richard Cory is, how he looks, how he acts, interacts with people, etc. Where Richard Cory excels in describing the character of  Richard Cory, the poems of Luke Havergal and Mr. Flood's Party leave a lot of the character up to your imagination. This is a big flaw in those poems because 1. they're not as memorable and 2. you can imagine the setting the poem takes place in but it's diffi

After reading "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin, I brainstormed three of the most important literary devices that made this story such a classic. Irony, symbolism, and tone are the  most important devices used in the story. Irony is arguably the most important of the three devices I'll go over, because it encompasses the entire story. Mrs. Mallard's heart disease and the news of her husband's "death" both contribute to her death at the very end of the story. The irony becomes apparent in the last paragraph, when her husband Brently Mallard walks through the door, alive and well. By then, it is too late for Mrs. Mallard and she succumbs to her heart disease. There's also the irony of Mrs. Mallard accepting, and even enjoying her husband's death more than when she lived with him. Even if Mrs. Mallard had survived the ordeal, she would have had to return to her regular life when she had already prepared for a new, independent one. S