The poem “richard cory” by edwin arlington robinson explores how the theme of dissatisfaction and the mentality that “the grass is greener on the other side” affects all humans. which two lines in this excerpt reflect those themes? and he was rich—yes, richer than a king— and admirably schooled in every grace: in fine, we thought that he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place. so on we worked, and waited for the light, and went without the meat and cursed the bread; and richard cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head.

I'd say that the last line and the second line would be your answer. I hope this helps.

Explanation:

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).