Analysis of 'If-' by Rudyard Kipling
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Analysis of 'If-' by Rudyard Kipling in preparation for the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Paper 1 exam.
Triumph and disaster, to me, are imposters because they aren't exactly what they seem. A triumph can be short lived and make things more difficult or put a shadow on other aspects of your life. A disaster is a good learning experience and can be a source of a lot of growth.
I think 'If' is fundamentally about self-control (temperance). In this sense triumph and disaster are imposters because they threaten to distract you from self-regulation: for example, disaster can make you panic, whilst triumph can make you hubristic.
Yes, I agree with your notion
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Very insightful as all your vids are. Might be worth mentioning what synecdoche actually is. Pronounced sin-ek-dock-ee with the stress on 'ek'. It is the literary device where a part of something is used but the whole of something is meant. So, rightly, 'If you can keep your HEAD....', head is a part of the whole of you so it means 'if you can keep the WHOLE OF YOURSELF together. Some examples of synecdoche in English are 'All hands on deck' when it means 'All sailors on deck' . Another is 'John has a new set of wheels'. It means he has a new car. 'Wheels' is synecdoche as it is part of a car.
Doing some revision over the summer going into GSCE year and this was very helpful, Thank you.
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Nice analysis, this poem is definitely one of my favorites. I took that one line, Except the will which says to them: "Hold on!" to mean the will power telling "them" which is the heart, nerve and sinew to hold on when they is nothing left but the will power in you and not referring to other people around you. Just my thought.
About the triumph and disaster as impostors. I think he ment that they are not real things, they are just judgements you make in your head about a situation. For example if your house burned down, you would think it's a disaster because you worked so much for it and now you have nowhere to stay. But you also coud think it's just something that happened and can't be changed, so you let it be and focus on finding a new place to live. Now it is no longer a disaster it's just a setback. Whether it's a disaster or not depends on how you look at it. The same goes for triumph.
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Fantastic videos to assist with online teaching while in this period of remote learning. Thank you so much for this great, clear content.
Each line and stanza of this beautiful poem gives me more of a spiritual meaning than a worldy one.
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Beautiful. Es fácil comprender la admiración de Borges hacia Kipling.
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This is really useful. Thank you!!!
very useful video
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- i read the impostor clause as the writer calling his son to identify with virtues not with results which people often identify with (I.e. I am successful, I am a failure), hence impostors. In this understanding treating them the same would be about not making them mean anything, other than perhaps feedback/results
- no one hurting you speaks to me about responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings. Someone who operates with integrity with that principle can only be hurt by himself.
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Thank you this was very helpful, saying this as a South African student
Hi, can you upload an A* example unseen poem analysis/ comparative essay?
Hi Nour,
Currently, I am focusing on uploading videos that talk through each Anthology text. I do hope to eventually post videos like the one you have requested, but it won't be for a while.
Awesome explanation!
Informative lesson
could you give some topic sentences for us to use when writing responses to a question on this poem?
This is awesome! Thanks.
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Excellent description of poem.could you explain about poem the character of happy life by Henry Wotton
principles of good writing by L.A. Hill PLEASE upload
beautiful I d really have to thank you for explaining such a brilliance!
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Doesnt our triumphs turn out to be disasters some times and vv? These two words is just a matter of our perspective. Just my two cents
What does it mean 'Make Allowance for their doubting too'?
Hi! I read it as the speaker telling his son to be open to criticism. I hope that helps!
nice poem of rudyard kipling
In bhudism, Triumph and Disasters are ilusions.
To seek Triumph is to delve deeper in Samsara.
To linger in Disaster is also to loose yourself to ilusion.
Now, Mr. Kipling m8 not be a Bhudist.
But dude knew the Dharma more then some Jr. Monks.
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Thank you so much fo explanation. I’m Russian and like that verse.
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I can tell you the imposters are the devils lies, we live in hell when we make thoughts our master which bring emotions that swing us up and down and leave us divided as we think of both sides of the pendulum, and where we are at leaving us to suffer in time of Triumph and when we are in Disaster
Am I the only one who learnt the negative interpretation of this poem?
That’s the wonderful thing about literature: you can have a completely different interpretation of the same text. The poem can certainly be read to be an example of toxic masculinity, for example.
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This will be banned in schools before long. This poem beautifully describes what a real man should be but to those who make the rules, this is toxic masculinity! Let the book burning commence.
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i;m too much of an idiot to understand what this actually means
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Чем вы гордитесь? В вашем языке 1.500 слов, а в нашем часто и 10.000 не хватает
Глупый, ты, Толик. А про Шекспира забыл? Его словарь не меньше, чем у Пушкина. Это ты, по-видимому, более 1500 слов не мог усвоить и демонстрируешь свою глупость всему англо-саксонскому миру. Стыдно за такого «соотечественника.
Ты что? Дурень? У них намного больше слов чем 1500. Английский Азык не настолько тупарылый язык как ты думаеш.
I have always felt that if you could live up to all this you would, on the contrary, not be a Man , you would be a God!
This the capitalization.
Kipling was a traditionalist in his thinking, ie. British imperialist who believed in the colonization of the world. I think he instilled these values in his son who, after a few unsuccessful tries was able to enlist and despite horrible eyesight went to the front lines only to lose his life in one of Britain’s major frontal assaults. Kipling felt there was honor in that because “ how can man die better, facing fearful odds , than at the statues of his father, or the temple of his gods! Can’t recall the exact wording offhand but that is close enough