SUCCESS IS COUNTED SWEETEST
“Success Is Counted Sweetest” is a short poem by the American
poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). She
was the daughter of Edward Dickinson and was not so famous during her life time
as she became so after her death. Today she is considered as a great poet.
Though she had several love affairs, she remained un-married.
“Success is Counted Sweetest” is based on the philosophy of opposites.
What you have is less enjoyable than what you wanted to have but could not get.
Success is counted sweetest by those who have faced many failures. Sweetness
cannot be appreciated without experiencing bitterness. Easy success is joyless. Joyful success comes after many failures. “Success
is counted sweetest /By those who never succeed.”
The complete poem reads as follows:
Success is counted
sweetest
By those who ne’er
succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the people
host
Who took the flag today
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.
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G.R.Kanwal
4th November
2023
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