" The sweetest calculated success " is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson written in 1859 and published anonymously in 1864. The poem uses images of the victorious soldiers and one dead fighter to declare that only one who have suffered defeat can understand success.
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The poem was written in 1859 and first published anonymously in the Brooklyn Daily Union on April 27, 1864. It was reissued in the anthology of A Masque of Poets (1878) as part of series of books published without the author's name. Book edited by George Parsons Lathrop, published by Roberts Brothers. Helen Hunt Jackson, who contributed her own writing to the book, urged Dickinson to contribute in a letter dated August 20, 1876. He then traveled to Amherst, Massachusetts to talk to Dickinson personally on the same topic on October 10th. Dickinson initially opposed and asked Thomas Wentworth Higginson to say he did not approve of the donation. Jackson insists, however, and urges his friend to contribute poetry to give pleasure to "someone somewhere you do not know." Jackson wrote again in April 1878 and suggested that he send "The sweetest success" because he already knew it with his heart. It was published as "Success" in the book, although publisher Thomas Niles admitted it was "slightly altered in phraseology."
Jackson wrote to Dickinson after the publication of the book, "I think you have now seen the Masque of the Poets, I hope you do not regret having given me a little choice of verses for it." Jackson published a review stating that "Success" is "undoubtedly one of the strongest and best things in the book", but offering speculation about his authorship would be a wasted effort. The reader believes it was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Analysis
These three powerful poems of emotion are written in iambic trimet with only row 5 in the iambic tetrameter. Rows 1 and 3 (and more) end with additional syllables. The rhyme scheme is abcb. The theme of "success" poetry is treated paradoxically: Only those who know defeat can truly appreciate success. Alliteration increases poetic lyrics. The first verse is a complete observation and can stand on its own. Stanzas two and three introduced military images (captured flags, winning troops, dying soldiers) and depended on each other for complete understanding.
Harold Bloom shows "Success" is one of the earliest poems of Dickinson's poem and one of only seven poems published during his lifetime. The theme is one that he returns to several times during his literary career, as in "Water, taught by thirst." The poem, wrote Bloom, is one of Dickinson's more "masculine" poems and "emphasizes the power of desire and equates desire with victory." From a Christian perspective, Bloom explains, the voices that explode in the dying soldier's ear may be heavenly music as he passes into eternal rest. Although Dickinson's poetry is often read as a losing poem in romance, Bloom points out that the popularity of "Success" can be attributed to the fact that "the poem's message can be applied to any situation where there are winners and losers."
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