In the firs two lines of the poem, Dickinson writes,“Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne’er succeed” (1-2) This simply means that success is more meaningful to a person that has to work hard, rather then success being handed to you. In the last stanza it is talking about a soldier at war. Dickinson uses symbolism and imagery so we can relate to the soldier personally. Dickinson writes “The distant strains of triumph/Burst agonized and clear!” (11-12) When the soldier is dying, he hears the sounds of victory off in the distance. Dickinson is trying to explain that life is always not fair. We are going to lose and win some battles, but we have to keep pushing towards the finish line of …show more content…
She is comparing the stillness of the room to the weather calming down before a bad storm. In the second stanza Dickinson is writing about beginning her journey to heaven with the king when she writes, “For that last Onset - when the King/Be witnessed - in the Room-.” In the third stanza of the poem, we get to visualize her signing away her belongings on her will. “I heard a Fly buzz–when I died–” is a very emotional poem that talks about death, but Dickinson does not seem to scared or in