not a bad effort.....look up "if mike bassett "and give it another go....you lack some passion......research what kiplings son meant to him and you will prob get it.......sorry if i sound rude,its a beautiful piece and very few on the planet have the knack to carry it off
just think of the political "sound bite" and I think you'll have your answer
it refers to things taken out of context or otherwise deliberately misrepresented
think of Karl Marx's saying "to each according to his needs, from each according to his ability"
this phrase is commonly held out as an example of a just society, then the trap is sprung: "Aha! That is from Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto! If you agree, then you must be a communist!"
I think it means something like when you have said a truth that is true in your heart, with the right feelings that cause it.... like for example: "Everything will be good." wich is so if you have the right feelings causing it...
and you're watching someone who should be doing something cause he is in an urgent situation doing nothing, saying the word's "Everything will be good."
a thruth that is used with the wrong background and turned to something hollow
@Erz247 I loose respect for someone that says, "it's all going to work out fine. I feel it." Statements like that do no nothing for me except that the person saying them means well. It's the only virtue in a statement like that. There are so many "hallow" versions of this statement that I bet you all could tell me one that drives you up the wall. Anyone?
@dundalkmd it basicaly means that the words that you speak will be twisted and a wrong meaning will be taken out of them by dshonest men and you have to bear that and think wisely about it
I only heard this a few years ago. It's really a perfect model for success. Basically every thought in there is giving specific instances but really the underlying lesson of each one is don't ever let anything break you, don't take failure to heart, just move on and never give up. That is really what the poem is saying. No matter what situation don't give up rise above. It's actually quite Nietszchean except nietsche always seems to be grinding his gears kipling ismore about I will Win attitude
wtf is this
uruguayan82 2 years ago
not a bad effort.....look up "if mike bassett "and give it another go....you lack some passion......research what kiplings son meant to him and you will prob get it.......sorry if i sound rude,its a beautiful piece and very few on the planet have the knack to carry it off
jamesjnr67 2 years ago 2
What does this stanza mean" If you can bear to hear the truth that you have spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools" ?
dundalkmd 2 years ago
just think of the political "sound bite" and I think you'll have your answer
it refers to things taken out of context or otherwise deliberately misrepresented
think of Karl Marx's saying "to each according to his needs, from each according to his ability"
this phrase is commonly held out as an example of a just society, then the trap is sprung: "Aha! That is from Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto! If you agree, then you must be a communist!"
PoetAnonymous 2 years ago
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JohnnyTemptation 2 years ago
@dundalkmd
I think it means something like when you have said a truth that is true in your heart, with the right feelings that cause it.... like for example: "Everything will be good." wich is so if you have the right feelings causing it...
and you're watching someone who should be doing something cause he is in an urgent situation doing nothing, saying the word's "Everything will be good."
a thruth that is used with the wrong background and turned to something hollow
Erz247 1 year ago
@Erz247 I loose respect for someone that says, "it's all going to work out fine. I feel it." Statements like that do no nothing for me except that the person saying them means well. It's the only virtue in a statement like that. There are so many "hallow" versions of this statement that I bet you all could tell me one that drives you up the wall. Anyone?
Songsmirth 6 months ago in playlist IF - Rudyard Kipling
@dundalkmd it basicaly means that the words that you speak will be twisted and a wrong meaning will be taken out of them by dshonest men and you have to bear that and think wisely about it
crazyforhannahmontan 10 months ago
I love this poem so much. Back to listen to it again. Nothing but kind words to you sir, thank you for reading it aloud. Annette
campfireskills 3 years ago
Thank you for reading "If" aloud in the fire light.I love it.
campfireskills 3 years ago
A blueprint for life
Grogster2007 3 years ago 2
I only heard this a few years ago. It's really a perfect model for success. Basically every thought in there is giving specific instances but really the underlying lesson of each one is don't ever let anything break you, don't take failure to heart, just move on and never give up. That is really what the poem is saying. No matter what situation don't give up rise above. It's actually quite Nietszchean except nietsche always seems to be grinding his gears kipling ismore about I will Win attitude
yerdyyyyy 3 years ago
i have to say this in front of a crowd :(
1RyuHayabusa 3 years ago
You will be/were fine, you have a fine pice to work with.
HonorableReynard 3 years ago
i was i guess haha
1RyuHayabusa 3 years ago
This is perhaps the greatest short essay ever written, disguised as a poem. I have always loved it.
It has always shamed me,though, because it reminds me in how many ways I fall short of the ideals that I admire and person that I wish I was.
AceMcFool 4 years ago
Understand where you are coming from AceMcFool......we are only human though after all...got to keep on trucking to the end...
zatopirie 4 years ago
good, excellengt, well done
bafr1 4 years ago
thank you
I liked your reading of it, too
it's a great poem
my mom had it hanging on the wall in a frame when I was a kid, and I have always liked it
PoetAnonymous 4 years ago