Smiling Back from Coronation
poem 385
Smiling Back from Coronation - meaning Summary
Triumphs Seen from Below
The poem reflects on social contrast between coronation luxury and common people who may have once shared humble origins with the newly crowned. The speaker imagines successful figures recognizing companions they knew when both were poor, and questions whether the triumph is sincere when so many are reminded of their own suffering. It emphasizes how public spectacle exposes inequality and renders glory morally uncertain.
Read Complete AnalysesSmiling back from Coronation May be Luxury On the Heads that started with us Being’s Peasantry Recognizing in Procession Ones We former knew When Ourselves were also dusty Centuries ago Had the Triumph no Conviction Of how many be Stimulated by the Contrast Unto Misery
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