Theme
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;
5 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:
10 If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim:
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those bun importore just the
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Directions: Select ALL the correct answers.
Which two themes are found in this poem?
It is important to have balance in life.
It is hard to trust oneself.
Taking risks often ends in failure.
Having big dreams leads to success.
One
must accept misfortune gracefully.
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