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If— By Rudyard Kipling. (‘Brother Square-Toes’ —Rewards and Fairies) 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,
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! Read Full Text and Annotations on If— Text of the Poem at Owl Eyes.
If—. Rudyard Kipling. 1865 –. 1936. 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,
'If—' by Rudyard Kipling takes the reader through some ways in which they can rise above adversity within everyday life.
Rudyard Kipling, one of the most famous poets of the late British Empire, published "If—" in his 1910 book Rewards and Fairies. The poem's speaker advises his son to live with restraint, moderation, and composure.
"If—" is a poem by English poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910) following the story "Brother Square-Toes", is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John.
Poem If by Rudyard Kipling : If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust.
“If—” is a poem that ranks among Rudyard Kipling’s most beloved works. He originally wrote the poem in 1896, in response to a failed British military operation that had occurred in South Africa the previous year.
If. Rudyard Kipling. Track 19 on Rewards and Fairies. Perhaps Kipling’s most famous poem, “If” urges superhuman stoicism in the face of life’s disasters. It has become emblematic of the Victorian...
Apr 20, 2017 · Since Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If—’ was first published in Kipling’s volume of short stories and poems, Rewards and Fairies, in 1910, it has become one of Kipling’s best-known poems, and was even voted the UK’s favourite poem of all time in a poll of 1995. Why is ‘If—’ so highly regarded?
