Analysis and Summary of If by Rudyard Kipling

English ISU Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 and through the old age of living in Bombay, he learned about the British Empire. Kipling gave overmuch too English literature and wrote poetry, short stories, and novels1. When Kipling was five, his parents sent him to boarding tame in England so he could learn more about his British sandground. 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 very difficult at boarding school. He was physic every(prenominal)y ab mappingd throughout his time in college.After finishing college in 1882, he returned back to India to work as a journalist and editor. Also in 1882, Kipling married an American woman Caro breed of work Balestier and immediately moved to America to live with her. He stayed in Vermont until 1899, and went back al ace to England to write literature. The majority of his poems dealt with his opinion of inspiration and impe rialism. An analysis of If and The snow-covered Mans Burden makes it clear that Rudyard Kipling substance abuses literary devices effectively to work up his message of inspiration and imperialism. If is one and only(a) of Kiplings best known 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 not make dreams your master. The beginning of the stanza focuses on reality conceive of is good, but do not let it take control of yourself. Meaning, there are other important goals in life that are infallible to be achieved. The second personification used by Kipling is on line 10 and 11 If you can meet with triumph and disaster/ and consider those twain imposters the resembling. 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 nerve and ponderosity/ To serve your turn long after they are gone. This means to couch your heart and nerve into your actions in the future and learn from the prehistorical. 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 alliteration treat those two imposters just the same. emphasizes Kiplings point of treating people with equity and respect. This quote implies how Kipling sees societys comment towards other people and he interprets that everyone including (imposters) should be fairly treated without rebuke or judging based on societal influences. Another exercise 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 diction is used in If to strengthen Kiplings message of inspiration. First off, you is used repeatedly in the poem to amend 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 famine/ and bid the ailment cease. Thus Kipling proclaims that the imperialist population is going to aid and feed the conquered land.Kipling uses some other personification in the sixth stanza Nor call too loud on freedom/ To clock your weariness. Thus, Kipling explores the meaning 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 set in motion in the fourth stanza, The ports ye shall not read, /The roads ye shall not thread, have the same The _ ye shall not _.This represents Kiplings repetitive thoughts of the imperial nation being denied to enter and live in the captured nation. Another example of anaphora is used in the sixth stanza By all ye cry or whisper, / By all ye leave or do. Kipling is poetically conveying the ruling of the conquered nation founded by the bequest of the imperial territory. Kipling also 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.