Select the correct answer. read the following lines from "success is counted sweetest" by emily dickinson. what does the speaker mean by "to comprehend a nectar / requires sorest need"? success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. to comprehend a nectar requires sorest need. a person can only succeed by trying something new. the world praises success and victory, but it ignores failure. people who lack success understand the true value of it. people who do not succeed live bleak and unhappy lives.