IF by Rudyard Kipling
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The document provides the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling along with discussion questions about the poem. The poem describes qualities one needs to develop to become a man, such as keeping a level head when others lose theirs, trusting oneself when doubted, not being tired or hurt by waiting or hatred, and facing triumph and disaster the same. It says if you can do these things and force your heart to serve you even after it's gone, then "yours is the Earth and everything that's in it."
IF by Rudyard Kipling
- 2. How can you make life better if not the best?
- 7. Objectives: • show appreciation for the poem by sharing their experiences •interpret the poem
- 9. • Typography_ IF Rudyard Kipling by George Horne.flv
- 11. 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:
- 12. 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:
- 13. 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!’
- 14. 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!
- 15. What qualities does the son need to develop in becoming a man?
- 16. Why is it important to trust yourself?
- 17. Why are triumph and disaster said to be impostors?
- 18. What should you do if the truth you’ve spoken is twisted?
- 19. How should you handle loss and defeat?
- 20. What do you understand by “yours is the earth and everything that’s in it”?
- 21. Is the message worthwhile? Prove your point.
- 22. What approach to life do you think the poet intended to show and share in the poem?
- 23. Throwback! Reminisce for a minute. Try to remember the situation you have been wherein you can say that it was an act of maturity.
- 24. What is the poem all about?
- 25. What have you learned from the poem?
- 26. Write a paragraph consisting of 5-7 sentences in answering the question below. How will the poem help you to become a better person?
- 27. Compare and contrast the poems If- by Rudyard Kipling and Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker. Identify their similarities and differences using a Venn Diagram.