Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
Apr 1, 2014
Publisher
Creative Editions
ISBN-10
156846259X
ISBN-13
9781568462592
Description
"If—" is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910), ch. ‘Brother Square-Toes’, is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John.
Genres
Poetry
Nature