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Emily Dickinson's poems in translation/Polish/Success is Counted Sweetest/Scansion

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Scansion of the poem J67 - Success is counted sweetest


Listen carefully and check against the recording: A woman and a man reading

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Suc CESS | is COUNT | ed SWEET | est
By THOSE | who NE'ER | suc CEED
To COM | pre HEND | a NEC | tar
Re QUI | res SO | rest NEED
Not ONE | of ALL | the PUR | ple Host
Who TOOK/ the FLAG/ toDAY
Can TELL/ the DEFINI/ tion
So CLEAR/ of VIC/ tory
AS he/ DEFEAted/ Dying
ON whose/ FOR bidden/ EAR
The DIST/ ant STRAINS/ of TRI/ umph -
Burst A/ goNIZED/ and CLE/ar

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Source

  1. http://wayanswardhani.lecture.ub.ac.id/files/2013/06/Success-is-Counted-Sweetest-1.pdf