If by Rudyard Kipling
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- If by Rudyard Kipling
- Language
- Stanza 1
- Stanza 2
- personification
- "Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters the same
- more powerful and emotive
- "imposter" suggests something that isnt real
- maybe hes showing how fleeting these both are
- "Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters the same
- language gets more informal
- "build 'em up"
- Stanza 3
- "pitch-and-toss"
- language gets more informal
- "build 'em up"
- Stanza 3
- "pitch-and-toss"
- "except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
- will is personified
- seperating the will from the person
- exclamation point is the first in the poem
- emphasizes the message of the importance of strength
- will is personified
- "your heart and nerve and sinew"
- both physical and emotional
- "pitch-and-toss"
- language gets more informal
- "except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
- will is personified
- seperating the will from the person
- exclamation point is the first in the poem
- emphasizes the message of the importance of strength
- will is personified
- "your heart and nerve and sinew"
- both physical and emotional
- "pitch-and-toss"
- personification
- Stanza 4
- use of personal pronouns
- makes the poem familiar and intimate
- "if you can keep your head when all about you'
- repetition of "if you'
- becomes almost songlike
- reassuring
- like a nursery rhyme
- reassuring
- becomes almost songlike
- clear juxtopositions
- present a good vs bad idea
- generalises
- like a fairy tale
- becomes almost songlike
- like a nursery rhyme
- like a nursery rhyme
- becomes almost songlike
- Stanza 1
- present a good vs bad idea
- Structure
- Stanza 1
- Balanced lines
- "or being lied about, don't deal in lies"
- Starts the idea of justice and balance
- 2 couplets then 4 lines
- each a 'if statement'
- AAAABCBC
- Balanced lines
- Stanza 2
- structure starts to change
- lack of seperatation by punctuation mid line prevents the clear balance
- balance in lines 1 and 2
- "if you can dream - and not make dreams your master'
- balance leaves after that
- ABABCDCD
- structure starts to change
- Stanza 3
- Gets more structured
- shows bc its talking about strength
- ABABCDCD
- Gets more structured
- Stanza 4
- balance returns
- as if following these rules will give your life balance
- balance returns
- Iambic Pentameter
- one long sentance
- finished on a high note with an exclamation point
- Stanza 1
- Tone + Messgae
- Language
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