Class VIICLASS VII Seen

Be The Best of Whatever You Are; By Douglas Malloch

be the best of whatever you are poem central theme

Be The Best of Whatever You Are
By Douglas Malloch

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley–but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°
āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§‹āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻ“–āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻ“
āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ āĻā§‹āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ;
āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻā§‹āĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āĨ¤

If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie then just be a bass–
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§‡āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻšāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¸,
āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻĒāĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ–;
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋ (āĻŦā§œ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›) āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻšāĻ“ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ (āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›)
āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ“ āĻšāĻ“ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ (āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›)

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ• āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡,
āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡,
āĻ†āĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ (āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ‡)

If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can’t be the sun be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail–
Be the best of whatever you are!

āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻĒāĻĨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĒāĻĨ (āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻĨ) āĻšāĻ“,
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ“;
āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ› āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›â€“
Be the best of whatever you are!
āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĨ¤ (āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ“)

Central theme: In the poem, the poet tells us that we should not give up in despair of being able to do something great. If you want to live successfully, you have to keep working. This poem suggests a bit of advise for everyone, especially young people.

This piece of advice is quite useful in everyday situations. The poet Douglas Malloch, is attempting to persuade us that we must strive to be the greatest in all we do. He wants us to understand that no work is less vital than another, and that we should not be ashamed of who we are. We must be proud of our work and put in our best effort to complete it.