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                  She says that in order to feel or know success, you must first fail. The first line that says, “Success is counted sweetest, by those who ne’er succeed.” She is saying that the people that have never succeeded, and that have failed many times in their life are the people that value the prize of succeeding. In this poem, she explains a battle scene, in where one side is trying to succeed, and the other is failing. In her lifetime, she may have known success and she may have known what it was to be the loser.

                I really like this poem, maybe it’s because I am in sports, and you always need motivation. I like the fact that she is explaining a battle scene, and someone is working their butt off to get the win. It would have been really enjoyable, she was to explain both views of the person that succeeds, and the person that lost the battle.  I completely agree with what her poems meaning is. At some point in time, you fail, and you can take that as a sign of weakness or strength. It all depends on what you want to do. You can take that failure, and apply it to your life to make you a stronger person, or you can sit there with it and do absolutely nothing.