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Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson (p.558)

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Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson (p.558)

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What figures of speech are used? How do they contribute to the tone and meaning of the poem? (Lily Huynh)

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What figures of speech are used? How do they contribute to the tone and meaning of the poem? (Lily Huynh)

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Emily Dickinson uses paradoxes in order to outline the different perspectives of success. Specifically, in this poem, she writes a contradictory statement of how success is longed for by people who don't succeed often. Additionally, she writes about a soldier who had died, yet his army had won. In return, the soldier had died which is contradictory in how even though he had died, it meant success. In the poem, Dickinson states, "So clear, of Victory / As he, defeated - dying -," (Lines 8-9). These two ideas of victory and dying play a role in building a motif around the poem such as, "What is truly success," and "How do we define success?" These paradoxes contribute to the meaning of success.

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What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem? (Neviah Vu)

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What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem? (Neviah Vu)

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Emily Dickinson uses a few images representing a victory in war and a soldier's death. These images relate to each other and the poem because it reflects the meaning of the poem's title. Even though the war was won, soldiers on the winning side still perished. This forms a motif throughout the poem because it is revolving around the question, "Did we really succeed?" We cannot be sure because of the deaths despite winning. Dickinson also uses the image of sweet nector, which describes the feeling of victory in the poem.

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What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic? (Neviah Vu)

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What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic? (Neviah Vu)

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The poem's tone is disconsolate. Emily Dickinson uses words and phrases such as "sorest," "defeated," "dying," and "not one of all," to reveal this tone to readers. In the second and last stanza, the poet talks about a war that was one by one of the sides, but a soldier on the winning side died anyway. This makes the reader question if the situation really is success or just sorrow. This poem is ironic, as you would expect everyone to celebrate since the war is won. However, a soldier on the winning side perished, questioning if this was really a success or not.

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What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence? Elaborate on your idea. (Lily Huynh)

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What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence? Elaborate on your idea. (Lily Huynh)

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The central idea or theme of this poem is how success is wanted by people who don't succeed often. In a single sentence, the idea is that people who don't succeed often, and succeed grow a feeling of desire for it. In the poem, Dickinson states, "Success is counted / By those who ne'er succeed," (Lines 1-2), which guides the poem into the story of war and death. While the soldier had died and hadn't succeeded, the army had won the war, which for the soldier had meant success.

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An image of the soldiers and war in which the poem describes

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An image of the soldiers and war in which the poem describes