Success is counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson
Success is counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson

Success is counted Sweetest

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Success is counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson

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This poem, written in 1859, presents a paradox; success is valued most by those who have it least. The more successful one is, the less one appreciates it. This is Emily Dickinson’s perception. Furthermore, the more one needs something like success, the greater the desire.

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Success is counted Sweetest Annotated

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need

Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear, of Victory

As he, defeated, dying
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear!

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