Consonance and Affliction in If__ Kipling and I: Discriminating Fair-Minded Varnish Rudyard Kipling, a noble award winner, published the poem “If” in 1895. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. With that said the poem is encouragement powerhouse, that not only tells how a real man should be, but also shows John (the inspiration for the poem) how a real, true, dignified man should dress, act, and ignore the way others perceive him. The values set for the poem, and the memoir “Kipling and I” is to showcase and encourage himself to keep his head up as said referred to from stanza one …show more content…
As in line five (from the poem) and line ten (from the memoir) implement. While Jesus Colon used the poem to sustain himself through all of his most vulnerable times. Making himself realize that yes, such and such is happening to me, and yes I have so much going on, but yet I am and will always be a man. (Stanza four from poem/ stanza thirty from the memoir) The values set for the poem, and the memoir “Kipling and I” is to showcase and encourage himself. From my opinion, the overall purpose for this particular piece of writing is to not only encourage the author’s son, or the man reading the poem from the memoir “Kipling and I,” but to uplifting anyone who lays eyes on this great poem. Because necessarily the poem doesn’t have a particular audience they are trying to capture. The poem and the memoir could be for young girl and her mother, or a son and his mother. It all depends on your state of