Emily Dickinson's Success Is Counted Sweetest

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Emily Dickinson was a very bright person and also a very deep writer. Even though Dickinson never published her poetry and just wrote it on scrap paper it was wonderful writing. She could have been a very well known writer even though she is known she could have been very popular. I think that Dickinson may not have wanted all the attention and that is why she just wrote on paper and kept it to herself. One of my favorite poems is "Success Is Counted Sweetest", because it is a very true poem. Success is something great that is achieved no matter at work, or being in the military it is something you do proudly. The guy in the poem knew who was going to die but he still fought until the very end because he knew he was dying so he wanted

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