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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 67.
Success is counted sweetest
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 22 of 22, added on February 21st, 2008 at 6:53 PM.
ha i did this peom for a project at school! I got assigned emily dickinson as a famous poet and this is the poem I chose!
Savvy from Canada
Comment 21 of 22, added on January 9th, 2008 at 8:04 AM.
i think this poem is about how the losers know the meaning of victory better than the actual winner. success cannot be realized without the first knowing that desperation that comes with losing.
beatriz from United States
Comment 20 of 22, added on April 18th, 2007 at 5:29 PM.
The thing that most people don't realize about this poem is that she wrote it at the time of the civil war. I'm not claiming to be an expert on Emily, but if you take this into consideration the poem can be interpreted a little bit easier and with more clarity.
To me she's saying that those who won a battle, the purple host of brave men, can't count their victory as sweet as those who were defeated. because the man is dying, the victory seems sweeter to him, he values it more because he did not win it. You want what you can't have more than you want what you already do.
I hope people can understand what I'm trying to say, sometimes I confuse myself!
Jordie from United States
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ha i did this peom for a project at school! I got assigned emily dickinson as a famous poet and this is the poem I chose!
Savvy from Canada