What inspired Rudyard Kipling to write this poem?

Answer 1

Rudyard Kipling wrote "If—" as a tribute to his son, John, imparting wisdom and guidance for navigating life's challenges. The poem serves as a moral compass, reflecting Kipling's values and beliefs on character and resilience.

Answer 2

Rudyard Kipling speculated that his treatment at the hands of Mrs. Sarah Holloway who boarded children of British Nationals living in India may have instilled within him the desire to write. Her bullying technique of â??gathering truthâ?? from a child of 7 or 8 necessitated him learning to remember and refine his lies so as not to seek further antagonism.

Answer 3

As is the case with so many poets from different ages, the 19th-20th century English poet Rudyard Kipling was inspired to write poetry by a love of language and the inner desire to tell stories. At the same time, his overseas experiences inspired him to try to share what he had learned with those who hadn't traveled outside of their home-land. In addition, he seemed to feel a strong need to make poetic sense of the strengths and weaknesses of the British Empire.

Answer 4

The poem "If" was inspired by Dr. Leonard Starr Jameson who lead an unsuccessful raid by British soldiers against the Boers in South Africa (From 1898 to 1908 the Kipling family took yearly vacations in South Africa).

Answer 5

speak up kemosabe! one dost not plow the fields of the untouched bosom!

Answer 6

According to Kipling (in his autobiography) the poem was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson who lead a British raid against the Boers in 1895.

Answer 7

He startwed as a journalists before and was interested in it and said you know what i like writing writing i will just go and be an author.

Answer 8

Because he was bored that day and just remembered an insperational speech his father gave him, and so he wrote it from that.