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IronyWhat is irony? Irony is a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. Many people do not know that there are three types of irony. Verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else. Dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know. Irony of situation is a discrepency between the expected result and actual results. You can find irony all over and in all types of situations. I have experienced irony in a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson and also in a short story. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson shows irony of a situation. Richard Cory was a "clean favored, and imperially slim." He was also "quietly arrayed but still he fluttered pulses when he said good morning." Richard was "rich - yes , richer than a king and admirably schooled in every grace." Basically he was an all out good person that people liked. Until one night Richard went home and shot himself in the head. That is irony of a situation because most people wouldn't expect for someone like Richard to do that to himself. It was a discrepancy of the expected result and the result that actually happened.
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