Excerpt from Richard Cory
Edward Arlington Robinson
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning, and he glittered when he walked.

How do word choices in lines 3, 4, and 8 help make the poet's meaning clearer?

These lines create a royal image of Richard Cory.

These lines create an image of a common townsman.

These lines create a sickly image of Richard Cory.

These lines create a greedy image of a dishonest man.