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'If' Poem by Rudyard Kipling
- Themes:
- Success
- a checklist to success
(success criteria)
- a checklist to success
(success criteria)
- Failure
- what could happen
in life and how to get
past it
- what could happen
in life and how to get
past it
- Possibilities
- the chances his son could
get as an adult
- the chances his son could
get as an adult
- Determination
- what his son needs to get
where he wants to be
- what his son needs to get
where he wants to be
- Growing Up
- the father is giving his son a
list on how to become a
man
- the father is giving his son a
list on how to become a
man
- Success
- Form and Structure
- Regular
Rhyming
Sceme
- ABABCDCD
- every alternate
line rhymes
- gives a sence of
control and order
- ABABCDCD
- Didactic Poem
- poem designed
to give
instructions
- father to son
- superior power giving
instruction to a
younger famiy
member
- superior power giving
instruction to a
younger famiy
member
- instructing
his son how
to control
his life
- father to son
- poem designed
to give
instructions
- Regular
Rhyming
Sceme
- Language Techniques
- use of 'you'
emphasizes didactic
nature
- giving reader advice. making
reader ask questions about our
own lives
- makes poem more
personal
- giving reader advice. making
reader ask questions about our
own lives
- Capitalisation
- 'Triumph' and 'Disaster'
- both
concepts are
personified
- treat both of them
the same
- remain
grounded and
positive
- both
concepts are
personified
- 'Triumph' and 'Disaster'
- Repitition
- 'If' or 'If you'
- makes the
poem seem
like a
checklist
- emphasizes unending possibilities of
opportunities.
- unpredictability of life
- unpredictability of life
- makes the
poem seem
like a
checklist
- 'If' or 'If you'
- need to
prepare his
son
- Juxtaposition
- 'Kings' and 'Commen'
- wants his son to stay
humble and grounded.
- universal nature
- universal nature
- keep your head up in all
situation
- stay calm
- wants his son to stay
humble and grounded.
- 'Kings' and 'Commen'
- use of 'you'
emphasizes didactic
nature
- Poem is about a father talking to his son. He is giving him a sort
of checklist on how to keep control of your life and become a
man.
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