Emily Dickinson's Success Is Counted Sweetest

Emily Dickinson’s “Success is Counted Sweetest,” doesn’t cover all four resources of language. It is a poem that does not call for action but does create an emotional appeal for the people. Throughout her poem, she created an emotional appeal for success and its value and the desire and want for success. We see how she creates such emotion when she states, “The distant strains of triumph break, agonizing and clear.” What Dickinson means by this is that gaining success can be the most beautiful accomplishment but at the same time, agonizing to reach. This creates an emotional appeal for those who are living through the Civil War, making the people have a desire for peace, but they have to go through bloodshed in the process of gaining success.

In the poem “Success Counted Sweetest” Ms. Dickinson uses differnt imagery,Metaphors, Diction,Tone and symbolism to express her attitude thoughout the poem. “Soliders dying in triumph of victory “, her tone in the poem was ambitious and sad because the soldiers was dying and would really be missed. In the poem “Emily uses symbolism to represent a veteran in the purple host. Paul also uses multilple techniques to convey his attitude with in the poem, “Mr. Laurence goes back in time to when slavery was going on and people were getting beat . “Whose feet have pressed the path unshod” may smile upon defeated care”, The people who were being own were depending on a smile for the freedom of

Emily Dickinson was one of the best American poets, but she is very famous for being a secluded writer. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1846 in Amherst, Massachusetts and she died on May 15, 1886 at the age of 55 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her isolation from the outside world still confuses literary critics and readers of her poetry and letters. There are many theories developed over time about her seclusion. Some people believe her secluded way of life was her own choice but she was very close to her family. Emily Dickinson lived in a happy home and went to a school during her life. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830 and lived there all her life most of her life. An introduction into Emily Dickinson’s poetry themes, and discussion about the isolation in her life, and discussion about the isolation in her poetry will be examined in the paper.

I'm Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson reminds me of the song, "You belong with me" by Taylor Swift. These two works speak of the author being behind the scenes in life. The writers are unnoticed by society and watch life from the back of the room. Content to watch life play out for others, without the inconvenience of social rules and etiquette. Swift proudly sings "She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers" (Swift). Dickinson and Swift, in reality, are nothing alike, Swift is a brash famous woman, while Dickenson was a recluse. This work is excitedly unemotional while imparting wisdom. Dickinson's poem playfully speaks of human's social fears through voice, conventional symbols, and stanza.

The poem “Success is counted sweetest” by Emily Dickinson, discloses human desire to be great. Lines 1-2, translate as people who have never experienced success understand what victory verily connote. However, the line can also imply as someone who has not experienced victory hold success higher because they desired it much longer. In addition, Dickinson explains, in order to grasp something so alluring, one must have the deepest desire for it; “To comprehend a nectar/ Requires sorest need.”(Lines 3-4) In the following stanza, Emily Dickinson expresses that even people as successful as soldiers who have prevailed, can not tell what success is (Lines 5-6); “Can tell the definition/ So clear of victory” (Lines 7-8). As a result of those very

Emily Dickinson was one of the best American poets, but she is very famous for being a secluded writer. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1846 in Amherst, Massachusetts and she died on May 15, 1886 at the age of 55 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her isolation from the outside world still confuses literary critics and readers of her poetry and letters. There are many theories developed over time about her seclusion. Some people believe her secluded way of life was her own choice but she was very close to her family. Emily Dickinson lived in a happy home and went to a school during her life. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830 and lived there all her life most of her life. An introduction into Emily Dickinson’s poetry themes, and discussion about the isolation in her life, and discussion about the isolation in her poetry will be examined in the paper.

Those who fail place higher value on success than those who are always victorious. This is understood as the poet states that the winning party of the battle can’t tell the true definition of victory. Dickinson used the title ‘Success is counted Sweetest” to convey human desire of wanting what we can’t have.

Poem 67 is a good example of Dickinson portraying absence as positive. The lines “Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne’er succeed” show that success is most wanted by those who have not succeeded. The absence of success creates a desire for it. The

The first stanza Successes is Counted Sweetest presents the idea that only those who have not succeeded value it the most, “By those who ne’er succeed.” The second stanza can be summed by a soldier who never knows victory even after fighting hard and winning, this analogy is carried into the third stanza which gives the opposite perspective. The last stanza of the poem gives the image of a soldier from the defeated side, as he lay dying listening to the victorious side. Success is Counted Sweetest makes it’s point in the first two lines “Success is counted sweetest… By those who ne’er succeed” which summarizes the majority of poems written by Dickinson, short and to the point.

Through the process of my liberal arts education, I have had several teachers and professors praise and crucify the biographical approach to literary analysis. Dickinson is perhaps more mysterious than any other writer I have studied. Part of the mystery has been created by analysts trying to decipher the meaning of poems written by a reclusive woman who published little of her work while still alive. During her life, Dickinson was not famous. Her fame and much of her profile has been created after her death. In an attempt to decipher her work, several literary scholars have used a biographical approach to Emily Dickinson and her poetry. My knowledge about Dickinson’s

A plethora deem the necessity to be remembered for something after death and that one will be forever remembered. Some people donate their entire lives to a cause or charity, but in the end is it really worth it? “X. Died for Beauty” by Emily Dickinson, represents that what one lives for and eventually died because is not preeminent in the end.

When I first read the poem Success Is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson I noticed the rhyme scheme is not every line, but every other line. For example, “Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne’er succeed. /To comprehend a nectar/Requires sorest need.” I also analyzed this stanza when I reread it. I got the general idea that if someone had never succeeded in anything, then it has a more lasting impact to them when they do succeed. This person hungers for success like a starving man might hunger for food or a “nectar,” as Dickinson has described it. They understand success more than people who are successful, but they keep on failing. I have noticed alliteration in the first stanza as well. There is a repetition of the “s” sound. Words

Written in the British colonies of North America during the Civil War era, “Success is Counted Sweetest” features the speaker, presumably the author, Emily Dickinson, as they discuss experiencing failures and successes. In order to truly comprehend success and defeat, Dickinson uses encounters of the Union Army and Confederate Army who fought in the American Civil War. Dickinson includes metaphors within the poem, with “nectar” representing something precious and “purple Host” representing the Union Army of the North. With an ABCB rhyme scheme, the rhythm is interrupted during the death of a soldier in order to emphasize the moment in which success is most needed by an individual. The soldier fought vigorously for their belief and for that

Emily Dickson’s impersonal poem, “Success is Counted Sweetest”, shines a light on those who are never victorious by highlighting the idea that the defeated are often cast into the dark while those who win get to celebrate and receive all the glory. Dickinson appeals to those who often fail and never get to understand the feeling of success by joining the defeated in saying she feels their sorrow and knows that they would be more deserving of success. She tells the reader that in order to fully comprehend the idea of success, one must “Require sorest need.” (line 4)

The poem, “Success is counted sweetest,” by Emily Dickinson, portrays success as something that only those who have never obtained it can truly comprehend its value. The writer makes this apparent in the poem by defining success, victory on a battlefield and a dying soldier’s view of success. Dickinson writes a poem that relays the emotions of those who understand defeat. In the opening lines of the poem Dickinson defines success as something pleasant that is treasured most by those who have not experienced it by stating, “Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed” (Dickinson 93).