The Meaning Of Luck In Emily Dickinson's Luck Is Not Chance
Emily Dickinson’s poem, Luck is Not Chance, brings out the deeper meaning of what luck is. In the poem’s fourth line, she uses personification to explain that fortune is earned by hard work, not by chance. In my grandfather’s case, his family never had chances, which made every opportunity that he or his siblings received seem like luck; however, it was really the hard work that everyone put in, towards their education, that brought them the success they had. Dickinson emphasizes this point further in the poem as she makes a reference to “The Father of the Mine,” and how it’s made from a coin that she “spurned.” In other words, she reiterates the “secret weapon” for wealth and success, which is the effort one puts in towards earning money.