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The poem 'If' presents a father's advice to his son on how to navigate life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of calmness, bravery, and self-confidence. He encourages the son to remain patient, honest, and resilient in the face of adversity, while also advocating for humility and forgiveness. Following this guidance will lead the son to become a well-rounded individual and achieve greatness.

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If 1st

The poem 'If' presents a father's advice to his son on how to navigate life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of calmness, bravery, and self-confidence. He encourages the son to remain patient, honest, and resilient in the face of adversity, while also advocating for humility and forgiveness. Following this guidance will lead the son to become a well-rounded individual and achieve greatness.

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➤ (If) is a poem of four stanzas. The father provides his son with his advice.

He teaches him how to face life which is full of good and evil, Fortune and
misfortune.

➤ The father asks his son to be calm, brave and never to lose his temper He
asks him to have confidence in himself even when people mistr him. He asks
him to have the patience to listen to others if it is untrue. He advises his son
to follow an honest way of life.

Paraphrase:

➤ The father advises the son to be realistic and dreamy world. He advises his
son to equally har different circumstances of success and fo Which contradict
one's demands and try again. in a mposed by life. His advice is always

➤ The father says that when the son risks all his gains and fails to reach his
goal he must not lose his nerve. But he must be brave enough to summon up
courage C and hold on by his strong will and determination.

Paraphrase:

advised to be flexible and equally modest with common people as well as


people of high rank. He should forgive his enemies before his friends, but at
the same time he shouldn't get too involved with them. The father advises
his to try to compensate for every minute of son hard feelings towards
others. If the son follows the above advice, he will own the whole world and
be a "Man"

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