Thesis and Poetry: Dickinson's "Success is Counted Sweetest" Argument

Dickinson Poems
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Dickinson Poems
"Success is Counted Sweetest" Argument
Dickson's argument "success is counted sweetest"brings to our attention the characteristic of human nature which is paradoxical in the sense that people cannot appreciate what they already have: the already successful people do not see the value of the success, their closeness to success is that of between nose and mouth yet they have a low level of appreciation. On the other side of the coin, those who have never succeeded and lack the probability of doing so feel the sweetness of the success: they better appreciate something they are longing for because they can better comprehend how valuable it is. These people have a great distance from success, yet they appreciate it deeply. Success, therefore, is valued most by those who have failed or those who never succeed, just in the same way a defeated dying warrior understands and is more reflective of failure and yearns for victory more than a victorious army does. Dickison gives the below examples to support her argument.
(I). A blind man knows the value of the eyes more than a man with his full sight.
(ii). To comprehend a nectar requires sorest needs.
"Much Madness is Divinest Sense" Argument
Dickson argues that what is taken as being insanity can sometimes be sanity and what is taken as being sanity can be insanity; therefore, the argument is debatable. The truth of what is regarded as insanity can only be discovered by those who can think rationally, fairly, and independently without conside...