Tuesday, December 31, 2002

If Comments

Rating: 4.5

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
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Rudyard Kipling
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fizzy faith 03 May 2025

If only I could access my new poems on Poemhunter!

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Timber Koleden 07 April 2025

A masterpiece!

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Maria Goodison 30 October 2023

one of my favourite ever

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Ekaterina Mendor 24 October 2023

It is a hymn to confidence, restraint and aristocracy. Perhaps it doesn't look so relevant now, but it's interesting for me to look into the past and understand the moral guidelines of people who lived in the last century.

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Jagdeep Garhwal 10 September 2023

Great poem, Must read for Children

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Mania Kumari 15 June 2023

Outstanding

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Niamh St John Lynch 07 June 2023

I adore this poem, the depths of it may vary depending on the readers level of happiness, joy, or despair at any given moment.

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I am sorry, Rudyard Kipling got the Nobel at age 41, just now I checked it in Google!

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I hope Rudyard Kipling got the Nobel for literature at age 35! This poem proves his worth!

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MAHTAB BANGALEE 20 October 2022

'If' the word of contion is the mover of everything!

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Chinedu Dike 19 October 2022

A masterful creation

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Dr Dillip K Swain 19 October 2022

I have alread read this wonderful poem and taken it to my favorite...a brilliant poem.

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Scott Raikes 16 October 2022

Absolutely beautiful poem, if you disagree you have not had any adversity in your life

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Angela Ford 20 July 2022

I was given a copy of this poem when I was seven years old and have tried to live my life according to its code. I think I am a better person for it.

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Bill 18 June 2022

Teaching a boy what it means to be a good man is the essence of fatherhood. If a father can teach his son to instill these values, he has done his job. The lessons in this poem apply no less to the fairer . Maggie Thatcher certainly had them.

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Anuradha Prakash 29 May 2022

‘ If' is a famous poem of Rudyard Kipling

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Sara 16 January 2022

Reminds you of how you feel as an .. the dreams you want and fear of consequwncea

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Sara 16 January 2022

This poem rings true

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xosives220 xswedc 08 January 2022

Spread your wings to shower the world with wisdom, Love, passion, comprehension, tolerance and liberty.......w.w.w.n.o.w.3.7.c.o.m

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