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"Success is counted sweetest," by Emily Dickinson was my favorite poem by her. I like this poem because it speaks about how success is very important and that some people don't recognize how important it is that you succeed. She explains that no one appreciates success unless they rarely recieve it. In the long run success is very powerful and well appreciated, especially in careers. People especially in school don't realize how important to be successful is. We are fortunate enough to go to one of the best schools in the nation. If you don't work hard chances are you won't be successful which is what Emily Dickinson is trying to communicate to her readers.

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In this poem I think that Emily Dickinson is saying that success might be thought of more highly by those who don't succeed because they never really try to succeed. On the other hand, someone could say that the people who always seem to succeed, never give success even a glance because they think that they're the best in the whole entire world or something like that. It's wierd how people who almost never succeed think more higly of succeeding than those who almost constantly are winning or succeeding. If I won at everything I ever did, it wouldnt be that special but if I never ever won anything than I would really want to celebrate if I won something. 1205279671

I agree with dte that accomplishments might be looked upon more greatly by people who don't have much success because they never actually strive to succeed. Although there are people who think that they have gloating rights just because they accomplish something. I don’t really think it’s bizarre that people think that way because it’s easy to be grateful for things that you don’t have and people that do have it take it for granted. Like dte said, “If I won at everything I ever did, it wouldn’t be that special but if I never ever won anything than I would really want to celebrate if I won something”. Take me for example I think that on everyone of my chemistry test I got and A and I don’t really care but if I get an A on a Spanish test I would be really happy and sort of celebrate. user:aar2

This poem seems to be talking about a battle or soldier. This is discovered in the parts where it says,” Who took the flag today…” and also, “So clear to victory.” I think that it is talking about a soldier who is in a battle and ends up winning and raising a flag. It is also talking about a soldier from the other side who is dying. When the dying soldier is lying there he hears, “distant strains of triumph” or the cheers of the victors in the battle. This sound destroys the moral of the dying soldier and puts him in agony. 1205460878