All four poems that I read are related in their purposes and goals; however, they are also very different. "Lucinda Matlock" by Edward Lee Masters, "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg, "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar are all about the joys and sorrows of life. How we look at life makes life good or bad.
"Lucinda Matlock" is a story of a woman, who, by some standards, would have a life that we consider a mediocre. …
