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"If—" is a poem by English poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written circa 1895 [1] as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. [2] The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910) following the story "Brother Square-Toes", is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son ...
In 1901, Lazarus's friend Georgina Schuyler began an effort to memorialize Lazarus and her poem, which succeeded in 1903 when a plaque bearing the text of the poem was put on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. [4] On the plaque hanging inside the Statue of Liberty, the line "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"
The poem was translated by Kerstin and Roger Tanner. Stina Wirsén made the illustrations next to the poem. Ilon Wikland had previously illustrated some publications of the poem in Sweden and Germany. Next to this the Dutch composer Patrick van Deurzen composed a song to Astrid Lindgren's English text. It was made for a mixed choir, viola and ...
This poem is just what it appears to be--an admonition to grow up as a responsible man. I suspect that probably a lot of people don't like this poem because it is male-oriented, but if more people tried to live like the man depicted in this poem, I think the world would be a better place. ~~SCW 10/17/06
Distinguished educator and poetry advocate Bernice Cullinan reminds us that “poetry is a shorthand for beauty; its words can cause us to tremble, to shout for joy, to weep, to dance, to shudder ...
IF, a character in the Hyperdimension Neptunia game series; Interactive fiction, text-based computer games featuring interactive stories and environments; Shin Megami Tensei If..., a 1994 video game in the Shin Megami Tensei series
The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas, was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called The Sentinel.
First published as a separate poem in 1843, "The Conqueror Worm" was later incorporated into the text of Poe's short story "Ligeia". The poem seems to imply that all life is a worthless drama that inevitably leads to death.