Success is Counted Sweetest by Lindsey Nguyen [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7 By Lindsey Nguyen and Wilson Nguyen en-us 2017-03-24 15:24:27 UTC 2017-03-27 16:10:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Success is Counted Sweetest ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162448368 Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed
To comprehend a nectar
Required sorest need

Not one of 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]]> 2017-03-24 15:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162448368 ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162450493 2017-03-24 15:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162450493 Reading Focus #3: At the end of "Success is counted sweetest," who hears "the distant strains of triumph"? ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162451001 At the end of the poem, the soldier dying hears the distant strains of triumph. It is shown in the last stanza of the poem.]]> 2017-03-24 15:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162451001 Literary Focus #10: Explain how the image in the last stanza of "Success is counted sweetness" could refer to other situations in life. ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162452396 The last stanza mentions a soldier dying. However, he can hear the sounds of triumph. Readers can interpret this as his side is winning. But at what expense? His death? The poet is trying to intrigue readers by asking what sweet success is without a bitter cost. There will be devastating extremities that comes with the sweetness of success.]]> 2017-03-24 15:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162452396 ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162454553 2017-03-24 15:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162454553 Poem Analysis #3: ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162455135 The poet uses an image of war. The purple Host is the royal army, as purple is often seen as the color of royalty. The images relate to one another, as they show and emphasize persistence, not giving up, and succeeding. The motif is the feeling of victory, after not giving up.]]> 2017-03-24 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162455135 Poem Analysis #6 ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162867291 The theme of the poem is the feeling of victory after not giving up. The first stanza talks about who sweet success is, how success can only be deserved by those who put in the effort to try to win. The second stanza refers to how the opponent had surrendered to the winning team, and therefore did not know what victory felt like. The third stanza talks about how clear the feeling of victory was.]]> 2017-03-27 15:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162867291 ltnguyen169 https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162870409 2017-03-27 16:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ltnguyen169/11wmz60v6mn7/wish/162870409