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Dickinson 's writing touched on many issues that were very important to the life and development of Dickinson 's persona such as religion , war psychosis , and love . Dickinson 's insight into these issues has been the source of the majority of the interest in her work

Emily Dickenson , throughout her life , sought a personal understanding of God and his place within her life . Her place within the Calvinist Puritan Amherst , however , would not allow for her inquiry into the understanding of the nature of God other than within their specific doctrine p

In the poem Success is Counted Sweetest refers to comparison Dickinson writes that those who are granted their desires are more appreciative if they have never before received , or reached their desires . It seems that Dickinson is referring to a lack of accomplishment from certain people , which could mean herself , and the accolades which success brings to the person who has seen little success , as she writes , Success is counted sweetest By those who ne 'er succeed (Dickinson lines 1-2 . In these two short lines , Dickinson can also be referring to certain religious images as the poem continues to state , To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need (Dickinson line 3-4 . In these lines Dickinson is making a contrast to a person who is in great need of success to a person who has had success in multitudes . It is through experience , that is , negative experience in hoping and hope failing that Dickinson is referencing in these lines . A person who has been pushed against the guillotine and never seeing a miracle , or having any part of success occur to them is more appreciative when a miracle occurs , than a person who has had constant exposure to their wants being fulfilled

Dickinson 's poem further emphasizes her point by stating , Not one of all the purple Host Who took the flag today can tell the definition so clear of Victory (Dickinson lines 5-6 . Purple is in reference to royalty , in this case purple Host (line 5 ) makes reference to a divine person , perhaps Christ , which is not uncommon to find religious symbolism in a Dickinson poem . Here , Dickinson states that everyone on earth will not have exposure to success , or in this line , victory because sometimes it is reserved for the deserving . Emily Dickinson takes the poem further in symbolism by not merely writing about success in a corporeal sense but success as a victory for the soul entering heaven . Thus , not everyone will have a chance to be accepted into heaven to have a divine success

Dickinson goes on to state , .- As he defeated-dying- On whose forbidden ear the distant strains of triumph Burst agonized an clear (Dickinson lines 7-9 . Here , the completion of the analogy in the poem to death is clear . In the wording Dickinson uses , the reader may read that Victory in this case is victory over damnation , and the burst of triumph is heard to that of succeeding in life , in eternity with...