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    The document discusses eight literary devices used in Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If'. It defines and provides examples for each device: anaphora, assonance, alliteration, consonance, imagery, irony, metaphor, and symbolism. Examples are taken directly from lines in Kipling's poem to illustrate how each device is used.

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    The document discusses eight literary devices used in Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If'. It defines and provides examples for each device: anaphora, assonance, alliteration, consonance, imagery, irony, metaphor, and symbolism. Examples are taken directly from lines in Kipling's poem to illustrate how each device is used.

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    If

    1. If you can remain calm and composed while everyone else is panicking and pointing
    fingers at you, and if you can have confidence in yourself even when others doubt you,
    while understanding their reasons for doubting.
    2. If you can be patient and endure waiting without getting weary, or if you can refrain
    from spreading lies even if others lie about you, or if you can resist the urge to hate even
    when you're hated, and still maintain humility and refrain from boasting.
    3. If you can dream without being controlled by your dreams, if you can think without
    being consumed by your thoughts, if you can face both success and failure with
    equanimity, recognizing them as fleeting and often deceptive.
    4. If you can handle hearing the words you've spoken being distorted by dishonest people
    to deceive the gullible, or if you can watch the things you've devoted yourself to being
    destroyed, and then muster the strength to rebuild them despite having only worn-out
    tools.
    5. If you can gather all your successes and fortunes and gamble them on a single chance,
    and if you lose, you can begin anew without complaining about your loss.
    6. If you can compel your heart, courage, and strength to keep working for you even when
    they're exhausted, and if you can persevere when you feel drained, relying solely on your
    willpower urging you to keep going.
    7. If you can interact with crowds without compromising your integrity, or if you can
    socialize with royalty without losing your connection with ordinary people, if neither
    enemies nor dear friends can harm you, and if you can value everyone's opinions without
    becoming overly dependent on any one person's approval.
    8. If you can make the most of every fleeting moment, accomplishing as much as possible
    in each minute, then you will be truly successful and deserving of everything the world
    has to offer, and, most importantly, you'll be a person of integrity and strength, my
    son!

    Literary Devices
    1. Anaphora: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated
    at the beginning of the verses. The poem shows the use of “If you can”
    as an anaphora.
    2. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same
    line, such as the sound of /a/ and /o/ in “If you can trust yourself when
    all men doubt you” and the sound of /o/ in “And yet don’t look too good,
    nor talk too wise.”
    3. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the
    same line in quick succession, such as the sound of /t/ in “talk too” or
    “treat these two.”
    4. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the
    same line, such as the sound of /m/ in “If you can dream—and not make
    dreams your master” and the sound of /s/ in “With sixty seconds’ worth
    of distance run.”
    5. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving
    their five senses. Rudyard Kipling uses imagery in this poem, such as
    “With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run”, “If you can wait and not be
    tired by waiting” and “If you can dream—and not make dreams your
    master.”
    6. Irony: It means to the contradictory meanings of the words used in
    different contexts. For example, this verse shows that the advice of the
    poet is about not being tired by waiting though it is quite tiring, as given
    in this verse “If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.”
    7. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is
    made between objects that are different in nature. The poet used
    different metaphors, such as Triumph and Disaster, as if they were two
    persons who are impostors.
    8. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities,
    giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal
    meanings. The poem shows symbols, such as a dream, triumph,
    disaster, knave, fool, and risk, to show the different aspects of life.

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