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
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜ⧟ āϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇
    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ• āϖ⧇āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
āφāϰ āĻšā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧋
    And never breathe a word about your loss;
āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧋
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻš, āĻŽāύ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧋
    To serve your turn long after they are gone,
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻŋāσāĻļ⧇āώāĻŋāϤ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇āĻ“ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāχāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āφāϛ⧇ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āϝāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ
    Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
āϝāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇, “āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋, āĻšāĻžāϞ āĻ›ā§‡ā§œā§‹ āύāĻžāĨ¤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‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāϤāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ, āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦā§‹āϧ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ loss, lose, heap, pitch-and-toss, breathe a word, sinew, and hold on āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

Video: Poem “IF”