If Flashcards
(9 cards)
Who is the Author Speaking to
His Son
What dies the Repetition of If Emphasise
What the son can do Anphora and listing
Line 1 “Head”
Synecdoche - head closely relates to calmness and composure
Repetition of don’t
Imperatives add emphasis
What tone does he speak In lines 6-9
Didatic teaching his son something
What does the - Ceasura add
Emphasis to the next phrase
Line 11 what device are “Triumph and disaster”
Personification
What structure does ‘If’ have?
The poem has a regular rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD which gives constancy to the pace. It uses iambic pentameter to led a conversational tone. It’s one single long sentence in the conditional tense saves the punchline of whom the poem is addressed to until the concluding exclamatory phrase.
What is the effect of writing in the second person by Kipling in ‘If’?
This lends the poem a didactic tone which could be interpreted from the start as being written to anyone. It also involves the reader personally.
