https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv Jolynna Dang and Trevor Nguyen en-us 2017-03-24 16:09:57 UTC 2017-03-27 17:04:18 UTC hello@padlet.com jndang102 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162467561 In the beginning of "Success is counted sweetest," to what does the speaker compare the sweetness of success? 
The speaker compares the sweetness of success to those who ne'er succed because the people who win do not appreciate it while the ones who could've won think about how sweet and good it would've been if they did. ]]> 2017-03-24 16:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162467561 ttnguyen307 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162469766 Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
requires the sorest seed.
Not one of all the Purple Host
who took the flag today,
can tell the definition
so clear of Victory,
As the defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
the distant strains of triumph. 
Burst, agonized and clear.]]> 2017-03-24 16:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162469766 jndang102 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162469873 Explain how the image in the last stanza of "Success is counted sweetest" could refer to other situations in life.
The last image in the last stanza says, "As defeated- dying- on whose forbidden ear. The distant strains of triumph. Burst agonized and clear!" shows that the dying soldier, who's army won the war won't get to feel happiness of winning because he will die. This can be referred to other situations in life where a victory is accomplished but the winner doesn't feel proud of happy with it. For example, a boy gets 100% on a math test but cheated on it so he doesn't feel the actual "sweetness of success" since he didn't actually do things himself honestly. ]]> 2017-03-24 16:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162469873 ttnguyen307 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162473213 The poem's tone is extremely satirical and reflects the animosity that Dickinson possesses for not just the topic of war, but the mockery of triumph and defeat. The tone of this poem is taunting the idea of victory, and it is questioning whether the bliss of victory can be interpreted by the winning team, or those who perished on the winning team. We can come to this conclusion by the diction that Dickinson uses, such as "the distant strains of triumph, burst, agonized and clear" (Dickinson). This poem is extremely ironic, because it is mocking the irony of success. Those who do experience the feeling of victory do not know what it feels like.]]> 2017-03-24 16:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162473213 jndang102 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162697214 The central idea of this poem is to communicate the conundrum of victory; those who achieve the ecstasy of triumph are not always greeted with the same feeling they supposed it felt like. 

This is shown by many points throughout the poem, where we can identify through the perspective of those in defeat. In the last stanza, it reads "as the defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear, the distant strains of triumph, burst, agonized and clear" (Dickinson). We interpreted, through heavy connotation like "defeated, dying" and "distant  . . . triumph," that those who could not feel victory, realized that it was not the same bliss of victory as the winners made it out to be. Even those who experience it do not enjoy it; this can be conclusive due to the last line, "strains of triumph, burst, agonized and clear" (Dickinson). Also, by the title, we can see that those defeated think that victory is amazing, but those who truly achieve it, know that it is not. Instead, it is a responsibility. ]]> 2017-03-27 05:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162697214 ttnguyen307 https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162892705 2017-03-27 17:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jndang102/8j15jud4zkmv/wish/162892705