Lines 5-6: Check out those "And he was always" phrases at the beginning of these lines. There's so much good stuff to say about reliable R.C. that the speaker begins putting it all in a list.Lines 9-10: Oh look, more "Ands." You've got another great thing to say about Richard Cory, speaker? Just add it to the list.<span>Lines 14-15: Here, the "ands" shift. This time, they advance the narrative of the poem forward. They tell us what the townsfolk are up to, and what Richard Cory is up to (and, well, it's nothing good for a change). </span>
