Class VIICLASS VII Seen

Poem “If” With Meaning & Theme

summary class 7 : Read the following note on the “Central theme” of a poem. Then, in groups write the central theme of the poem “If”. Then, share it with the whole class.

If –

BY RUDYARD KIPLING

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§Ÿ āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡
    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻŋ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
āĻ†āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ—ā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹
    And never breathe a word about your loss;
āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‹
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻš, āĻŽāĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‹
    To serve your turn long after they are gone,
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻƒāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ‡āĻŸā§āĻ•ā§ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
    Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡, “āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ—ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‹, āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ›ā§‡ā§œā§‹ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤â€

How to write the central theme of a poem?

1. Read the poem slowly and attentively. If possible, read aloud.
2. Identify the characters, plots, images etc. in the poem.
3. Once you have understood the poem, put it into your own words.
4. To get the central theme of the poem, ask yourself the following questions-
â€ĸ What are the repeated words, phrases or actions in the poem?
â€ĸ What is the poet’s big idea about life or the world?
â€ĸ What have you learned from the poem?
â€ĸ What does it mean to you?

if poem central theme class 7

In the poem, the poet tells us, how to live and act with integrity and the correct values such that one becomes the ideal human. Each of the lines deals with different life situations and the best way to act during them. Some of the important words of the poem are loss, lose, heap, pitch-and-toss, breathe a word, sinew, and hold on etc. However, after reading the poem, I can visualize a scene in which a father speaks to his son and gives him the most valuable life lesson on becoming a complete man.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāĻ˛ loss, lose, heap, pitch-and-toss, breathe a word, sinew, and hold on āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§œāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ›ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Video: Poem “IF”