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If By Rudyard Kipling Poem Analysis

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Q: In what ways can the poems you have chosen be said to offer a positive view of humanity?
Within all of the poems chosen there is always a positive, a potential, underlying the negatives of human existence. With If, vultures, and Prayer before Birth there is a presence of possibility that humanity however small a portion can be good. War Photographer and A Mother in a Refugee Camp both show the ability to persevere through dire situations. And lastly Do not go Gentle into that Good Night shows the finality of human life and the love which humanity can give. All these poems represent the possibility of human good which offers a positive view of humanity.
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