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 canât be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valleyâbut be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you canât be a tree.
āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°
āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻâāĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻšāĻ
āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, āĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ;
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻĒ āĻšāĻāĨ¤
If you canât be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;
If you canât be a muskie then just be a bassâ
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻšāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¸,
āĻāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ;
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ (āĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ) āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻšāĻ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ (āĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ)
āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ āĻšāĻ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ (āĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ)
We canât all be captains, weâve got to be crew,
Thereâs something for all of us here.
Thereâs big work to do and thereâs lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§,
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§,
āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ (āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ)
If you canât be a highway then just be a trail,
If you canât be the sun be a star;
It isnât by size that you win or you failâ
Be the best of whatever you are!
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĒāĻĨ 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;
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻâ
Be the best of whatever you are!
āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻāĨ¤ (āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ)
Central theme:Â 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.