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In the poem, the author talks about success and failure. Emily Dickinson talks about soldiers in the war; some soldiers that fight in the war end up dying, and even though they are on the victories side, they have failed. The soldiers that fight in the war and die don't gain anything. "As he defeated-dying-...The distant strains of triumph." (lines 9 & 11) The dying soldier could hear the cheers and shouts from winning the war but did he really win the war?

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In this poem, it's telling the story of a dying soldier whose side of the battle had won. However, it wasn't really a victory for him, the individual soldier, as he was practically on his deathbed. This is shown in the final third of the poem, which says, "As he defeated-dying-  On whose forbidden ear  The distant strains of triumph  Burst agonized and clear!" (lines 9-12). This directly talks about how the soldier, even though he won the battle, he individually lost with the line, "As he defeated - dying -". The rest of the lines talk about the soldier's side celebrating their victory while he lay dying, with some of the lines being, "The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!" The very final line talks about how painful it is for the soldier, who can't  join the others in the victory, and is instead about to die. That's rough, buddy.

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The poem is ironic since the author talks about a soldier winning but he's dying, so either way the soldier doesn't win even though he is on the victories side. "So clear of Victory...As he defeated-dying-". (lines 8-9) It's quite miserable thinking of how a soldier fought for victory and just ended up dying, I mean, of course, they know that they are fighting for their country and that they could possibly die but knowing that you were on the verge of winning and then you get killed. I can't imagine how the soldier must feel hearing the cheers or the other and not being able to celebrate with them because you are on the verge of dying.

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The second section of the poem "Success is Counted Sweetest", contains some words that have double meanings. One of the main examples of this is, "Not one of all the purple Host" (line 5).  I chose this passage because of the fact that that color choice can be symbolic in poems. A long time ago, purple was used as a color for royalty. So, the "purple Host" really means the 'royal army'. Purple can also mean victory, since the "purple Host" won the battle.