No Matter Now Sweet
poem 704
No Matter Now Sweet - meaning Summary
Future Status and Regret
The speaker imagines a future in which she has risen to noble rank and others regret having treated her dismissively. Small social gestures — a word, a smile — are framed as trivial now but anticipated as missed opportunities once she wears crests, eagles, and ermine. The poem explores how status reshapes perception and how social memory turns minor slights into lasting social currency, mixing irony and imagined vindication.
Read Complete AnalysesNo matter now Sweet But when I’m Earl Won’t you wish you’d spoken To that dull Girl? Trivial a Word just Trivial a Smile But won’t you wish you’d spared one When I’m Earl? I shan’t need it then Crests will do Eagles on my Buckles On my Belt too Ermine my familiar Gown Say Sweet then Won’t you wish you’d smiled just Me upon?
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