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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 67.
Success is counted sweetest
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 27 of 27, added on December 3rd, 2009 at 10:56 AM.
"Success is Counted Sweetest"
This is my personal interpretation of the poem- I believe as the fallen,defeated soldier lies there dying, he finally realizes just how important the victory was. Not that the winners did not apreciate the victory but they cannot possibly understand what it feels like to lose and while the winners are celebrating have to hear the sounds of victory as he lie there dying. The Ultimate success for this fallen soldier would be to live, not to win the war. It becomes a position of life and death, not who won the war.
Like I first said, this is my interpretation. And I do not put others down on thiers and neither should anyone else. Everyone has different interpretations which is one of the great things about poetry!
Brandy from United States
Comment 26 of 27, added on November 7th, 2009 at 4:23 AM.
This poem is a simple description of success and who values it the most. Basically states that those who work for success, those who yearn for it at all costs enjoy it that much more. Success isn't about being handed something on a silver platter, it's about making your way to the top.
to Greg from New Zealand:
Ok. No doubt Emily Dickinson was a weird one, but I have to admit I'm a huge fan. This is one of the first poems I read of her so it's near and dear to me. I don't think that you should dislike her work because she was odd. She was so much more than that. You have to appreciate the beauty she left us. It's amazing to find someone who had so much love for life, nature, time, and love itself yet never got the opportunity to experience it for herself. It astounds me how she could have been so enlightened, so in touch with emotions and still cut herself off from ever even feeling them. She should be revered by her wisdom and not her personal life.
Sara from United States
Comment 25 of 27, added on May 6th, 2009 at 9:23 AM.
yesterday me and jenny were lik @ the mall and their was a super cute shirt. but lik my boobs were. when i got outta the store. i felt like success. so this poem was totallt correct in its saying of pears. so when the next time ur like they're be like on the look out. k?
shell/jordan from Tonga
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This is my personal interpretation of the poem- I believe as the fallen,defeated soldier lies there dying, he finally realizes just how important the victory was. Not that the winners did not apreciate the victory but they cannot possibly understand what it feels like to lose and while the winners are celebrating have to hear the sounds of victory as he lie there dying. The Ultimate success for this fallen soldier would be to live, not to win the war. It becomes a position of life and death, not who won the war.
Like I first said, this is my interpretation. And I do not put others down on thiers and neither should anyone else. Everyone has different interpretations which is one of the great things about poetry!
Brandy from United States