In the poem of Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson The theme is that his appearance says something else instead of what's actually happening in his life something that the poem got to me was that a lot of  people judge people by there looks and not really what they have behind there cover of life no one is perfect in this world everyone makes mistakes. The tone I think he says it is sentimental knowing that he had threw go threw so much. I personal felt very empty headed when
I read this until my best friend and my sister explain to me what it's trying to say.