Question

comprehension check
fill out the chart with details about \if\ and \the fiendera.\ then u
the two poems. be sure to compare the structural elements of the
overall meanings and the feelings they evoke.

	\if\

| number of lines | abab cdcd
efef ghgh |

number of stanzas

| rhyme scheme:
pattern of
rhyming words,
usually at the
ends of lines | |

alliteration
imagery
personification

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling:

Number of Lines

The poem "If" has 32 lines (organized into 4 stanzas of 8 lines each).

Number of Stanzas

It has 4 stanzas (each stanza is 8 lines long).

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH (alternating rhymes in each 8 - line stanza).

Alliteration

Examples include:

• "If you can dream - and not make dreams your master" (repetition of "d").
• "If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim" (repetition of "t").
• "With win and will and working - with the wind of the years" (repetition of "w").

Imagery

• Visual Imagery: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same" (imagines Triumph and Disaster as people, giving a visual of two figures).
• Tactile Imagery: "If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew / To serve your turn long after they are gone" (implies the physical strain of pushing one’s body to keep going).
• Kinesthetic Imagery: "If you can make one heap of all your winnings / And risk it on one turn of pitch - and - toss" (imagines the action of gambling, a physical and kinesthetic action).

Personification

• "Triumph and Disaster" are personified as "two impostors" (giving human - like qualities of deception to abstract concepts).
• "the Will" (implied to be a personified force that one can serve).

For the chart, we can fill it as follows (focusing on "If"):

Literary Element	Details about "If"
Number of Stanzas	4
Rhyme Scheme	ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
Alliteration	Examples: "dream - and not make dreams", "think - and not make thoughts", "win and will and working"
Imagery	Visual: Triumph/Disaster as impostors; Tactile: heart/nerve/sinew serving; Kinesthetic: gambling winnings
Personification	Triumph, Disaster (as impostors); the Will (implied)

(Note: For "The Financier", you would analyze its own structural and literary elements and then compare with "If".)

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling:

Number of Lines

The poem "If" has 32 lines (organized into 4 stanzas of 8 lines each).

Number of Stanzas

It has 4 stanzas (each stanza is 8 lines long).

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH (alternating rhymes in each 8 - line stanza).

Alliteration

Examples include:

• "If you can dream - and not make dreams your master" (repetition of "d").
• "If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim" (repetition of "t").
• "With win and will and working - with the wind of the years" (repetition of "w").

Imagery

• Visual Imagery: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same" (imagines Triumph and Disaster as people, giving a visual of two figures).
• Tactile Imagery: "If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew / To serve your turn long after they are gone" (implies the physical strain of pushing one’s body to keep going).
• Kinesthetic Imagery: "If you can make one heap of all your winnings / And risk it on one turn of pitch - and - toss" (imagines the action of gambling, a physical and kinesthetic action).

Personification

• "Triumph and Disaster" are personified as "two impostors" (giving human - like qualities of deception to abstract concepts).
• "the Will" (implied to be a personified force that one can serve).

For the chart, we can fill it as follows (focusing on "If"):

Literary Element	Details about "If"
Number of Stanzas	4
Rhyme Scheme	ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
Alliteration	Examples: "dream - and not make dreams", "think - and not make thoughts", "win and will and working"
Imagery	Visual: Triumph/Disaster as impostors; Tactile: heart/nerve/sinew serving; Kinesthetic: gambling winnings
Personification	Triumph, Disaster (as impostors); the Will (implied)

(Note: For "The Financier", you would analyze its own structural and literary elements and then compare with "If".)