Question

and yet dont look too good, nor talk too wise. if you can dream - and not make dreams your master; if you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same; if you can bear to hear the truth youve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build em up with worn - out tools: if you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch - and - toss, and lose, and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss; if you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: hold on! if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much; if you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, 3. how does the repetition of if most contribute to the poem’s overall meaning? a. it highlights how fearful the speaker is about his sons future b. it highlights how unlikely it is that the speakers son will become a proper adult. c. it emphasizes how much the speakers son must do in order to become a man d. it suggests that the speakers advice is not necessary for his son to become a man

Explanation:

The repeated use of "if" in the poem sets up a series of conditions or qualities that the addressee (likely the speaker's son) should possess to become a man. Each "if" - clause describes a different virtue, challenge - handling ability, or life - skill.

Answer:

C. It emphasizes how much the speaker's son must do in order to become a man.