![]() The poet speaks of the achievement at the end, after discussing all the requirements to reach there. ![]() This structure of the poem was important to achieve the conditional goal. The whole poem is written in a single complex sentence. So all the subordinate clauses begin with ‘if’ and the main clause concluding the entire theme comes at the end, and the poem ends with a full stop. Advertisementsįor the theme, as already told, the poem basically tells us the conditions that we should meet to succeed in life and make this life happy and a beautiful one. You may read more about the poem at Wikipedia. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet’s son, John. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem, written in 1895 and first published in ‘Rewards and Fairies’, 1910 is 32 lines long with four stanzas of eight lines each. The poet conveys his ideas about how to win this life, and after all, how to be a good human being. ![]() 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. ‘If -’ by Rudyard Kipling: About the poem ![]()
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