Poems, poems, poems...

Success is counted sweetest...

                    

                    
This poem, written by Emily Dickinson, has a very deep message. It is that those who succeed on something never really appreciate it. Only those who lack something or had failed to do something can appreciate the feeling of succession. The first stanza talks about how the starving are the only one who can appreciate the "nectar." The nectar was actually the food. As soon as one has their first bite, they are no longer starving, and they quickly lose their ability to appreciate it. The last two stanzas takes the readers to the battlefield. This compares the losing and winning perspective. The poem explains how the winning soldiers does not fully appreciate the meaning of winning because they just experienced something so horrible. However, the defeated soldiers have to lie down and hear the triumphant soldiers. This poem is really great. I learned that most people don't appreciate what they have, they do so only when they need it.
“It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding