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What are the social concern illusttrated in the poem richard cory

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The poem's thematic interests in wealth, poverty, and the elusive nature of happiness are deeply tied to its historical context: a series of economic depressions that struck the U. S. in the 1890s.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Yet the poems final line reveals that,despite seeming to have everything he could want,Cory kills himself.The poem thematic interests in wealth,property,and elusive nature of happiness are deeply tied to its historical context:

A series of economic depression that stuck the U.S. in the 1890s

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