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    The document provides an overview and analysis of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem "If". It discusses that the poem conveys ideas about how to succeed in life and be a good person by dealing with different situations. It explores the poem's structure, themes, and virtues expressed in each line to discuss how it provides ultimate inspiration through a combination of conditions one must meet. The conclusion emphasizes that Kipling sees the true measure of a man as being humility and stoicism rather than heroic deeds, wealth or fame.

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    The document provides an overview and analysis of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem "If". It discusses that the poem conveys ideas about how to succeed in life and be a good person by dealing with different situations. It explores the poem's structure, themes, and virtues expressed in each line to discuss how it provides ultimate inspiration through a combination of conditions one must meet. The conclusion emphasizes that Kipling sees the true measure of a man as being humility and stoicism rather than heroic deeds, wealth or fame.

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    Unit: If by Rudyard Kipling

    Introduction

    • The poem ‘If’ by the


    India-born British Nobel
    laureate poet Rudyard
    Kipling is a poem of
    ultimate inspiration that
    tells us how to deal with
    different situations in life.
    The poet conveys his
    ideas about how to win
    this life, and after all,
    how to be a good
    human being.

    .
    The poem, written in
    1895 and first published in
    ‘Rewards and Fairies’,
    1910 is 32 lines long with
    four stanzas of eight lines
    each.

    .
    It is a tribute to Leander
    Starr Jameson. The poem
    is written in the form of
    paternal advice to the
    poet’s son, John.

    .
    The Theme
    The poem basically tells
    us the conditions that we
    should meet to succeed in
    life and make this life
    happy and a beautiful one.
    The whole poem is written
    in a single complex
    sentence.

    .
    Structure of the poem
    The poet speaks of the
    achievement at the end,
    after discussing all the
    requirements to reach
    there.
    This structure is actually
    symbolic in suggesting
    that you can get the
    rewards only after you
    have fulfilled the
    preconditions.

    .
    The main theme of the
    poem is a combination of
    so many if’s, the title ‘If’ is
    an apt one for the poem.

    .
    If Poem
    If you can keep your head
    when all about you
    Are losing theirs and
    blaming it on you;
    If you can trust yourself
    when all men doubt you,
    But make allowance for
    their doubting too:
    If you can wait and not be
    tired by waiting,
    Or being lied about, don't
    deal in lies,

    .
    Or being hated don't give
    .

    way to hating,
    And yet don't look too good,
    nor talk too wise;
    If you can dream—and not
    make dreams your master;
    If you can think—and not
    make thoughts your aim,
    If you can meet with
    Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two
    impostors just the same:

    .
    If you can bear to hear the
    truth you've spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make
    a trap for fools,
    Or watch the things you
    gave your life to, broken,

    .
    And stoop and build 'em up
    with worn-out tools;

    .
    If you can make one heap
    of all your winnings
    And risk it on one turn of
    pitch-and-toss,
    And lose, and start again at
    your beginnings

    .
    And never breathe a word
    about your loss:
    ​If you can force your heart
    and nerve and sinew
    To serve your turn long
    after they are gone,

    .
    And so hold on when there
    is nothing in you
    Except the Will which says
    to them: 'Hold on!'
    If you can talk with crowds
    and keep your virtue,

    .
    Or walk with Kings—nor
    lose the common touch,
    If neither foes nor loving
    friends can hurt you,
    If all men count with you,
    but none too much:

    .
    If you can fill the
    unforgiving minute
    With sixty seconds' worth
    of distance run,

    .
    Yours is the Earth and
    everything that's in it,
    And—which is more—you'll
    be a Man, my son!

    .
    Conclusion

    The virtues expressed in


    "If-" are devoid of
    showiness or glamour; it is
    notable that Kipling says
    nothing of heroic deeds or
    great wealth or fame.
    For him the true measure
    of a man is his humility
    and his stoicism.

    .
    Thank you

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