One crown that no one seeks
And yet the highest head
Its isolation coveted
Its stigma deified
While Pontius Pilate lives
In whatsoever hell
That coronation pierces him
He recollects it well.
One crown that no one seeks
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem One crown that no one seeks
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