IF - Rudyard Kipling
virtue = good qualities
to make allowance for = a avea in vedere ../ a lua in calcul ...
knaves = liars
sinew = putere fizica / muschi
to stoop = to bend / bent / bent
to toss = to throw
to pitch = to lean = a se sprijini de ...
to pinch = a ciupi
nerve = forta/ energie / tupeu
heap = gramada
will = vointa
wellbeing = stare de bine
1. Justify the title of Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘IF’?
-the author gives pieces of advice letting his son choose
2. What are the qualities the poet talks about in the poem ‘If ‘by Rudyard Kipling?
1st stanza
- keep your calm in different situations
- self -confident in one's ability and integrity
- be patient and truthful
- hate is not a way to go
- not be arrogant or showy ( ' artificial ' )
2nd stanza
- dream big but think deeply ( there is sacrifice on the way to the dream )
- have the mental strength to handle with any situation in life : success or failure
- also have the strength of hearing your words twisted for different reasons
- do not give up whatever happens
3rd stanza
- one should have the courage and determination to take big risks for good reasons
- one should force himself even when it is old ; you need toughness of character to do so
4th stanza
- be able to socially interact with all social classes , behaving the same with all of them
- care, but not too much because you have to be balanced even if that person disappears from your life
- be attentive not to be disappointed either by foes or friends because when you are sad you are vulnerable
- realize the value of time ; it is vital for success and for your wellbeing
3. What are the poetic devices in this poem ?
