If Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/if/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the If Group at eNotes. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:58:06 en-us <![CDATA[The overall theme of Kipling's work is to stress the idea of individual...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-does-poet-mean-by-3rd-stanzas-1st-two-lines-114753 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-does-poet-mean-by-3rd-stanzas-1st-two-lines-114753 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:58:06 PST <![CDATA[What does the poet mean by the 3rd stanzas 1st two lines? Would you...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-does-poet-mean-by-3rd-stanzas-1st-two-lines-114753 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-does-poet-mean-by-3rd-stanzas-1st-two-lines-114753 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:33:02 PST <![CDATA[Perhaps the most celebrated poem of Rudyard Kipling, If, composed at the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:55:47 PST <![CDATA[The poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling can best be seen as a celebration of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:26:54 PST <![CDATA[Please give a short summary of the poem "If," written by Rudyard Kipling?]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/can-you-tell-me-short-summary-poem-written-by-107157 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:17:29 PST <![CDATA[Rudyard Kipling wrote this poem in answer to a question from his son...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:51:42 PST <![CDATA[Live life to the fullest, discounting the efforts of the world to bring...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:49:00 PST <![CDATA[What is the theme of the poem "If"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-theme-poem-97949 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:41:36 PST <![CDATA[Please see the link below for another previous answer.]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:16:48 PST <![CDATA[     If by Rudyard Kipling is a poem which offers instruction in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:47:50 PST <![CDATA[Explain the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling.]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/exolain-poem-96813 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:14:17 PST <![CDATA[In the first line of the second stanza, the poet stresses the recurring...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/you-can-dream-dreams-your-master-what-kind-dreams-95491 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/you-can-dream-dreams-your-master-what-kind-dreams-95491 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:36:49 PST <![CDATA["If you can dream...dreams your master." What kind of dreams is the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/you-can-dream-dreams-your-master-what-kind-dreams-95491 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/you-can-dream-dreams-your-master-what-kind-dreams-95491 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:15:32 PST <![CDATA[The general rhyme scheme found in each stanza of Rudyard...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/bring-out-rhyming-words-scheme-poem-93303 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/bring-out-rhyming-words-scheme-poem-93303 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:13:08 PST <![CDATA[Bring out the rhyming words and scheme in the poem "If."]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/bring-out-rhyming-words-scheme-poem-93303 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/bring-out-rhyming-words-scheme-poem-93303 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:45:04 PST <![CDATA[The first stanza touches on several character traits: self-confidence,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/please-give-detailed-explanation-poem-by-rudyard-58623 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/please-give-detailed-explanation-poem-by-rudyard-58623 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:44:51 PST <![CDATA[Rudyard Kipling's "If" was originally written as a companion piece to a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/describe-number-obstacles-that-leader-has-face-88881 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/describe-number-obstacles-that-leader-has-face-88881 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:10:32 PST <![CDATA[Describe the obstacles that a leader has to face to become a Man in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/describe-number-obstacles-that-leader-has-face-88881 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/describe-number-obstacles-that-leader-has-face-88881 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:10:23 PST <![CDATA[The first line of the poem: “If you can dream - and not make dreams...]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-pharaprase-second-stanza-by-rudyard-kipling-69447 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-pharaprase-second-stanza-by-rudyard-kipling-69447 Sun, 8 Mar 2009 05:03:03 PST <![CDATA[How can the second stanza of "If" by Rudyard Kipling be paraphrased?  ]]> http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-pharaprase-second-stanza-by-rudyard-kipling-69447 http://www.enotes.com/if/q-and-a/what-pharaprase-second-stanza-by-rudyard-kipling-69447 Sun, 8 Mar 2009 04:37:50 PST