This is a good poem about a tragic clown. A clown amuses and makes us laugh or smile. The poetry describes well his form and his looks. It introduces us to his life and ways. The clown is a metaphor for many things we do in our lives. Smiling in bad times, being funny when sad, wearing outlandish clothes when we are feeling low are all forms of amusing people in our ways. He has humor as a shield for the horrors inflicted on him by people. The clown might be sad inside and still he goes on making people laugh. This can be true for us too as we go on with life with our hidden sorrows, a bad day at work, tragedy striking our lives. The poetry is very indicative of ourselves.