by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
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Question
Use the poem to answer the question.
Which answer choice explains an accurate conclusion based on the poem’s structure?
(1 point)
Responses
It is a sonnet that follows an ABAB rhyme scheme and uses second-person narration.
It is a sonnet that follows an ABAB rhyme scheme and uses second-person narration.
It is a litany poem in which the speaker, a father, uses second-person narration to give advice to his son.
It is a litany poem in which the speaker, a father, uses second-person narration to give advice to his son.
It is a variation on the traditional sonnet form in which the speaker talks directly to the reader.
It is a variation on the traditional sonnet form in which the speaker talks directly to the reader.
It is a litany poem organized into four quatrains that gives advice to the reader.
It is a litany poem organized into four quatrains that gives advice to the reader.
1 answer
The most accurate conclusion based on the poem’s structure is:
It is a litany poem organized into four quatrains that gives advice to the reader.
This choice correctly identifies the poem as a litany, emphasizes its organizational structure (four quatrains), and captures the essence of the poem, which is to provide advice. While Kipling's poem does use second-person narration, it does not follow a sonnet form or an ABAB rhyme scheme, making the other options less accurate.
