Success is Counted Sweetest

Looking at the subject - Lulwa

  1. I selected the poem because it describes the true meaning behind success.

Word choice

Verbs in the poem

  1. The title tells about the poem that success has a deep meaning.

counted

comprehend

  1. My first impression of the poem is that success will not happen till you know what failure is like.

took

tell

defeated

dying

The verbs are not similar

  1. The theme of the poem is only failures fully understand the meaning of success.

words like defeated and dying indicate failure.

  1. The tone of the poem " Success is Counted Sweetest is Ambitious and Sad, because it shows the negative impact failure can have on a person
  1. Yes the poem has a purpose which is giving hope to people near success.

The author used the words to better portray the image of success and failure

The mood of the poem is sad

Looking at form - Lulwa

  1. The poem contains three separate stanzas.

words that contribute to the tone are defeated, dying, and agonized

Figurative language

There are no similes in the poem

  1. The poem doesn't rhyme.

Metaphors

  1. The poem doesn't rhyme, so it doesn't follow any rhyme scheme.
  1. The lack of a rhyme contribute to the meaning by making the poem a lyric poem and that helps Emily to express her feelings and emotions.

There is no personification in the poem

Nectar is compared to success

Symbolism

flag symbolizes the status symbol used in warfare

looking at the context

Purple symbolizes royalty and nobility

7.The poem mainly talks about an event which is success

8.the poem does not talk about a historical event from the past

  1. The poem was written in 1859 and published in 1864
  1. taiping rebellion occured at that time

Finishing up

The poem wrote the poem to show that the only way success can be appreciated is by failure

After researching the poem, it became more inspiring

In my opinion, the poem is relevant now, and will always be relevant and liked by many people because success and failure happens to each and every person, no matter what era they're living in

12.the time period is not related to poem

This poem inspires readers because it gives hope to people when they fail

11.at that time she was the most productive