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1、Success Is Counted SweetestEmily DickinsonStanza1Successiscountedsweetest从未成功的人们Bythosewhoneersucceed.最懂得成功的甜美.Tocomprehendanectar惟有极度的渴求Requiressorestneed.方能体会甘露的滋味.paraphrase:Thisstanzatellsus:Thepersonwhobestunderstandsthemeaningofsuccessisthepersonwhoneversucceed.Iftheywanttosucceed,theyshouldsu
2、fferthesorestpain.Stanza2Notoneofallthepurplehost身穿紫服的王者之师Whotooktheflagtoday今日虽高扬凯旗,Cantellthedefinition,却无一人能把胜利的含义Soclear,ofvictory,说清道明.Paraphrase:Thisstanzatellsus:Thekingsoremperorswhoworepurpledresses,theycouldholdupthetriumphofflagandhavethegloriousmoment,butnoneofthemcouldstateadefinitionof
3、victoryclearly.Stanza3Ashe, defeated , dying, 战败者奄奄一息,Onwhoseforbiddenear 凯乐在远处奏响,Thedistantstrainsoftriumph 冲破阻隔,飞到他的耳际Break , agonizedandclear. 悲痛而嘹亮.Paraphrase:Thethirdstanzatellsus:Theenemycelebratingbecameclearandbroughtagonyforthedefeatedsoldierwhowasdying.Success is counted sweetestBy those w
4、ho neer succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple HostWho took the Flag todayCan tell the definitionSo clear of VictoryAs he defeateddyingOn whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBurst agonized and clear!Thestyleoftheverse:quatrain四行诗Form：Thethreestanzas
5、ofthispoemtaketheformofiambicTrimeter（抑扬格三音步）withtheexceptionofthefirsttwolinesofthesecondstanza,whichaddafourthstressattheendoftheline.(VirtuallyallofDickinsonspoemsarewritteninaniambicmeterthatfluctuatesfluidlybetweenthreeandfourstresses.)AsinmostofDickinsonspoems,thestanzashererhymeaccordingtoanA
6、BCBscheme,sothatthesecondandfourthlinesineachstanzaconstitutethestanzasonlyrhyme.Success is counted sweetestBy those who neer succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple HostWho took the Flag todayCan tell the definitionSo clear of VictoryAs he defeateddyingOn whose
7、forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBurst agonized and clear!metaphormetaphorantithesisThemeThethemeofthepoemisthatonlythosewhohavenotbeensuccessfulthinkthatsuccessissoimportant.Theloseristheonewhocontinuestocravesuccessasthewinnerfadesintoaneutralstateofemotion.Point of View and ToneThepoemu
8、sesthird-personpointofview,inwhichthespeaker(narrator)observesabattleandconcludesthatonlythedefeatedwarrior,hearingtheenemysnoisyvictorycelebration,completelyunderstandssuccess.Thetoneisunemotionalandimpersonal;thespeakerisreportingandinterpretingwhatsheseesbutrefrainsfromexpressingsympathyorcompassion.
