Analysis and Summary of If by Rudyard Kipling

English ISU Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 and through the years of financial cover chargeing in Bombay, he learned about the British Empire. Kipling gave much too English literature and wrote poetry, short stories, and novels1. When Kipling was five, his parents sent him to boarding school in England so he could learn more about his British background. While living in England, Kipling was inspired by the imperialistic views of the British demonstrated around the world. During his school years, Kipling had a truly difficult at boarding school. He was physically ab apply throughout his time in college.After conclusion college in 1882, he returned back to India to work as a journalist and editor. Also in 1882, Kipling marry an Ameri so-and-so woman Caroline Balestier and immediately moved to America to live with her. He stayed in Vermont until 1899, and went back al peerless to England to write literature. The majority of his rimes dealt with his opinion of inspiration and imp erialism. An analysis of If and The White Mans accuse makes it clear that Rudyard Kipling uses literary devices effectively to fortify his message of inspiration and imperialism. If is peerless of Kiplings best cognise poems and it contains one of his most powerful messages of inspiration. In the beginning of the second stanza in If, Kipling uses personification If you can dream- and non make dreams your master. The beginning of the stanza focuses on reality dreaming is good, but do not let it apportion control of yourself. Meaning, there are early(a) important goals in life that are needed to be achieved. The second personification used by Kipling is on line 10 and 11 If you can collect with triumph and disaster/ and treat those two imposters the same. This explains that failure is a benefit mistakes are guaranteed to happen. No one is perfect and people learn from their missteps. The final personification on line 21 and 22 Kipling uses is If you can force your heart and n erve and sinew/ To serve your turn long after they are gone. This government agency to put your heart and nerve into your actions in the future and learn from the past. Also, having to accept the past and move on from it with your heart and gut. Alliteration is expressed twice in If to fortify Kiplings thoughts and expressions throughout his poem.In line 12, the beginning rhyme treat those two imposters just the same. emphasizes Kiplings point of treating people with equity and respect. This quote implies how Kipling sees societys disapproval towards other people and he interprets that everyone including (imposters) should be fairly treated without criticism or judging based on societal influences. Another face of Alliteration is With sixty seconds worth of distance run, on line 30, expressing Kiplings opinion of time. Meaning to try and put an effort in constantly even when feeling exhausted.Repetition and enunciation is used in If to strengthen Kiplings message of inspiratio n. First off, you is used repeatedly in the poem to enrich Kiplings message directly to the reader The white mans burden, is one of Kiplings best views of imperialism throughout the poem. In lines 19 and 20, Kipling uses the personification Fill full the mouth of paucity/ and bid the sickness cease. Thus Kipling proclaims that the imperialist nation is going to aid and feed the conquered land.Kipling uses another personification in the sixth stanza Nor call too loud on freedom/ To clock your weariness. Thus, Kipling explores the pith of individual freedom and that the use of individual freedom should not be an excuse to cover up ones weariness. Also, not aiding others by refusing to Take up the White Mans burden. Anaphora is used in The White Mans Burden to give emphasis to Kiplings points. The first example is found in the fourth stanza, The ports ye shall not enter, /The roads ye shall not thread, have the same The _ ye shall not _.This represents Kiplings repetitive thoughts o f the imperial nation being denied to enter and live in the captured nation. Another example of epanaphora is used in the sixth stanza By all ye cry or whisper, / By all ye digress or do. Kipling is poetically conveying the ruling of the conquered nation founded by the bequest of the imperial territory. Kipling alike expresses the poems theme of Imperialism with the significant use of repetition and allusion. The line Take up the White Mans Burden- is used at the start of each stanza establishing the basis of the poem.