Success is counted sweetest Analysis

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Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple 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
Burst agonized and clear!

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This poem is mostly about how that we love success the most when we have had to work realyy hard for it

| Posted on 2009-05-12 | by a guest

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Those who have not succeeded are the ones who crave it the most.
To a person who never wins, victory is sweet, but to a person who has always won they don’t understand the value of success. The poem describes a battle, the triumph over death. It mentions how some fail, but others succeed. For those who overcome the great battle, they can not measure the significance of victory compared to the losers. Those who lost the battle now understand the great importance of victory, by losing the battle and ultimately their life. It is in defeat that we truly learn to appreciate victory.
The poem is from the perspective of the loser in a battle. He describes the winners in the battle as the “purple Host.” Those “Who took the Flag today” cannot understand the meaning of victory. The speaker lays off dying, listening to the winners celebrate their victory. His ear is “forbidden,” since he will never achieve victory. He listens to the jubilation of the enemy, however “agonizing and clear.” The loser, by suffering defeat still has the deep desire to win, while the winners can merely wallow in the glow of victory.

| Posted on 2008-04-27 | by a guest