“If-" By Rudyard Kipling | Analysis of the Poem That Changed My Life

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Today, I just posted a newer and better version of my analysis of If by Rudayard Kipling. I really think you will enjoy this: updated version of my "If-" analysis that I posted: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0

[@darkomartinovic1955]

IMO this one is amazing. Thank you!

[@bigboykazmi]

bro i cant access the new one anymore. would love to see it. great video man, love the poem.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

@@bigboykazmi The new analysis of If is called "Why "If-" by Rudyard Kipling is the BEST Poem About Masculinity" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0

[@MirasolPadan]

Wow! thanks for sharing your analysis on the poem. It's really a big help for me as a Grade 9 English teacher here n Philippines.

[@naishahenderson9976]

And although I am not a son I am a mother, and I have always found this poem to be an excellent guideline. However, I didn't fully understand it until watching your break down. Again thank you for posting this and expanding/explaining upon it giving better understanding to what is a profound piece of poetry that all of us can learn from.

[@dylansimeoni5560]

My dad read this poem to me as a kid but I never really understood it. My dad passed away when I was 11 (I am 19 now) and I recently found the poem printed out when looking through his old stuff. This poem is now taped to my mirror so I can read it every day. Such a great poem and definitely something that I needed. This video was super helpful in breaking down some of the lines I still didn't quite understand. This is also the first poem I ever was really interested in, I'm so glad I found this video!

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Wow it’s amazing to see how a poem written a century ago is still impacting fathers and sons today. Thanks for sharing this story

[@naishahenderson9976]

Hello Sir and thank you for this very informative video. I am a fan of this poem and the author for years. I too discovered this poem and was deeply moved by its depth and wisdom.

[@JoanneHannah-f5z]

I'm going to show my grade 9 learners this video tomorrow...well done! I absolutely adore this poem.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thank you! If you liked this analysis, then you'll love the updated version of my "If-" analysis that I posted: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0

[@NP-Hunt]

Definitely one of my favourites of all time. Great analysis, definitely would love to see more videos like this! Thanks for sharing.

[@ענתליבוביץ-ח1פ]

Hi, I am an ESL teacher and teach literature as well. I think you've approached the poem beautifully! Loved your explanations and examples. Very listener friendly. Well done!

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Oh thank you! I'm honored that an educator like yourself appreciated my analysis

[@aeneas116116]

This gent straight kills it in his analysis

[@lshs-ll5wd]

Watched and Subcribed. I have read this poem about 40 years ago in HS. You did a great job of analisis , one that I never heard, but now feel it. Can't wait to read what you do with Invictus or the road less traveled. thank you.

[@archibaldmatewe838]

This is a powerful poem. Thanks for breaking it down so clearly. I loved it before. Now I am even more inspired after your analysis.

[@liabehr]

It’s my favorite too ❤️ thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@paulwagner2089]

My English teacher also used this poem to try to "straighten me out". It worked. Thanks.

[@aeneas116116]

I find strength in this Poem. Thank you so much for adding your expertise and deep insights into this work.

[@TommyBryson]

Great job on this interpretation

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks, for real

[@posmosis63]

Like you, this poem had a big impact on me. Unfortunately I didn't read it until I was 59. Having an absent father meant I grew up on autopilot. I feel so incredibly lucky though to have read it finally in time for me to bring it to my son. Thank you so much for your analysis, it made my day.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

🥹 that’s so great to hear. I hope to do the same for my son

[@xililgamer]

Great content! He explains this very well even to someone that knows close to nothing about poetry and stoicism.

[@TehillaMauda-mp3qm]

thankyou so much for this video !! This is my all time FAVORITE poem in the whole world it warms my heart to know it’s being appreciated

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

You're so welcome! I recently posted a newer and better analysis of the poem on my channel. I hope you enjoy that one as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0si=3qkIwUTYoNQjqiHz

[@dandavis1925]

Love the analysis! Thanks!

[@SujaanSidhu]

This was a great video. I feel like i can ace my test on this poem now.

[@ProtheroeVideos1]

It's a terrific poem. One of my favourites. Characteristics I aspire to. I find the poem tinged with sadness, though, knowing that the same son for whom Kipling wrote IF, a few years later he was writing MY BOY JACK

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

I know! so sad.

[@cupofteawithpoetry]

Fantastic reading. Fantastic poem. Fantastic channel! Thank you 😊😊 Also, I really love your passion for this poem and your heartfelt description of how it affected you so powerfully when you first heard it at school. Amazing! 😊

[@marvinespinoza52]

Love your reflection and analysis and application to your life!

[@thechief8694]

Wonderful breakdown of one of my favorite poems.

[@linak7155]

Beautiful poem. Your analyses brakes it down to sizable bites, Thank you! ❤️‍🩹

[@CH.2024.]

Wonderful to hear your breakdown of this pivotal poem. New subscriber here. Thanks

[@Lof_Lof-]

Thanks su much for the analysis!

[@raimu4467]

Thank you. It's a poem that cuts into my heart, and you read it superbly (for an American ;-) )

[@melissamallows9993]

That was great! I really enjoyed it :)

[@nymasiddiqui6790]

Nice lessons. Beautiful analyses

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks so much!!

[@akito7025]

Thanks youngblood really help me for my personal project for uni!!!❤️❤️

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

I uploaded a newer and better version of the "If-" analysis recently on my channel. It may help you even more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0si=2MdGnLMbR-jtAfZx

[@trinhoutsides]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@nileshghaghda7956]

Very well explained

[@STD590]

Analysis is enough for me. As a foreigner,I can't understand poetry.They confuse me too much. Thank u for doing this video

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Today, I just posted a newer and better version of my analysis of If by Rudayard Kipling. I really think you will enjoy this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5CqfaiIq6l4rtk

[@jamesstacey529]

I read this to my young son quite often.🕊🤲🦁🐑🙏

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

That is awesome. I plan to read the poem to my future children as well.

[@rikudoukarthik]

Nice one! I would love a video on The Raven by Poe. One of my favourites! (I'm a sucker for musicality and lyricism in poetry :P)

[@Martin-ol4uq]

Beautiful poem. But at my age of 67 slightly less relevant, so I'm working on a version for the older crowd called "Stiff". "When all about you are losing their hair........." It's a work in progress.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Yo that is super cool. I’d love to see it when you finish, if that’s okay with you

[@Martin-ol4uq]

@@YoungbloodPoetry 1 verse to go!

[@Martin-ol4uq]

@@YoungbloodPoetry I just want you to know I feel awful about ths mangling of such a beautiful work, but here goes...First draft of Stiff by Backyard Coupling: If you can keep your hair when all about you Are losing theirs and hiding it from view, If you can trust yourself not to clout kids too But make allowance for them clouting you If you can't wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being shoved about....don't stand in line, Or being baited, don't give in to baiting, That's just what they want, the little swine. If you can walk, yet go no faster If you can drink yet not make "drunk" your aim, If you can meet with tears and laughter and not piss your trousers just the same If solid food just leaves you chokin' but pureed always means loose stools Or wander round with your flies open And never worry about loose "tools" If you can make one heap of all your pensions And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and blame it on dementia And moan like fuck 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 'Cept the unsigned Will which makes them say: 'Hold on!!!' If you can fart in crowds, and keep your pants clean, Or walk unaided - with no need for a crutch, If neither foes nor loving friends know what you mean, If all men understand you, but none too much: If you can't fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Theirs is the Earth and everything that's in it, ⁠And-what's worse-you'll be an Old Man, my son! Copyright 2022 M Johnson

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

THAT WAS AMAZING!!! I laughed the whole way through!!!!

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

I know you said this was just a first draft but wow. I really enjoyed reading this. When you feel like the poem is ready, I'd like to share your poem with my audience (and give you full credit, of course). If that's okay with you, can you send the final version to my email ([e-mail])? It's incredible that one of my viewers remixed my favorite poem, and I'd love for others to see this.

[@SumItOfficialPage]

Loved your analysis. I interpreted worn-out tools a bit differently. Perhaps that line is about resilience and the tools are worn out because you have to stoop and rebuild your life time and time again, each time it breaks

[@gblcfc65]

Respect to you

[@Nesyulett]

Thx ❤

[@stevo273]

Time to check your backlog. Cheers algorithm

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Here's my better analysis of "If--" by Rudyard Kipling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W5e2yriNefpc0

[@monamurphy3489]

OMG 😲...thank you so much. I am 86 years old and will add you to my list with former President Obama, Morgan Freeman, James L. Jones atl., ...speaking, actually using real words I understand. God bless your heart ❤!

[@PatsyC57]

The footprint that gave me a path when I had no guidance.

[@younesaomari4290]

Word

[@willis32]

Kipling is one of my favourite poets, a deeply flawed man but damn he could write

[@nymasiddiqui6790]

Really nice 💖💞🤣

[@EmileIzere-e7v]

Please analyze Desderata too!

[@wickedeyegabe]

I could see Kratos reading this to Atreus

[@DiptamRandomz0110]

nice

[@85Rossco]

Excellent analysis! Would enjoy a video on “The Wants of Man” by John Quincy Adams POTUS XI

[@monamurphy3489]

My credo.

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Well done, sir! May I comment? It is pronounced RUDD-YARD not rood-yard. Thank you. God bless you.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks for sharing the correct pronunciation.

[@monamurphy3489]

Sometimes I have to laugh at myself...of course you know I meant James EARL 😂 😅 🤣 😉 🙃 Jones! At 86 there are times I don't know MY 😕 🙃 😅 😔 🙂 😐 name. Lol 😆 😆

[@BrunoNicholas-n8t]

Hilton Prairie

[@raimu4467]

I think when one understands the poem and acts upon it, then they are a man.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Agreed

[@TimothyPurvis-h5z]

Elwin Inlet

[@JohnChurch-m1g]

Monty Ville

[@GraceLocke-v9d]

Rosenbaum Oval

[@lionheart2211]

great analysis .. and poem ... or just read Jesus teachings :-)

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Yeah, Jesus has a lot of teachings on how to be stoic