how Patriot was welcomed a year ago??
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The first two stanzas of the poem gives an account of the grand reception that the patriot received one year ago. His walking path was covered with lots and lots of rose petals, with myrtle mixed in them. The path was festooned with these flower for him. People standing on the roofs of their houses cheered for him as he passed by. They were overjoyed to see him. The spires of the church were covered with flaming flags that the people had put up for a celebration. People were overwhelmingly delighted to greet their hero and were enthusiastic to see him as he passed by.
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He remembers a day, when a year ago he was given a
grand welcome on his arrival to the town .People had thrown roses
and myrtle in his path. The house-roofs were full of people. The roofs
seemed to sway. The church spires were decorated with beautiful
flags. Thus, the speaker received a grand welcome a year ago on the
same day.
(The second stanza tells us of the
frenzy attitude of the people on the patriot’s arrival.) Bells rang to
announce his coming, the old walls of the buildings seemed to be
shaken with the crowd and their loud cries. They were momentarily
swayed by him to an extent that even if he had asked for the sun’
they would have offered him the same.
The speaker now regrets that it was he who “leaped at the sun” for
his “loving friends”. It was the speaker who went ahead to do every
possible thing in public’s best interest. The speaker now feels
dejected at his harvest. Everything has changed for him in a year
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