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If 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: If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! "If" by Rudyard Kipling 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 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 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 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.

Answer 1

The accurate conclusion based on the poem's structure is:

It is a litany poem in which the speaker, a father, uses second-person narration to give advice to his son.

This choice correctly identifies the poem as a litany, which is characterized by a repetitive structure that outlines a series of conditions or qualities, and it acknowledges the second-person perspective directed toward the speaker's son. The other options incorrectly categorize the poem’s form or fail to accurately capture its structure and intent.