Respuesta :
Explanation of Second stanza from the poem "IF" by Rudyard Kipling:
"If you can dream and not make dreams your master:"
The poet asks us to first dream about our future. Meanwhile he also makes sure that our dreams should not be unrealistic, i.e, we should not become the slave of our dream.
"If you can dream and not make thoughts your aim"
Here he stresses the point what usually human beings do. We can dream but those thoughts should not be scattered. Do not deviate from your dreams with unnecessary thoughts.
"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same"
Life is not always smooth. We have to meet success and failure, good and bad times etc. So here, the poet uses the two words "Triumph and Disaster" and mentions them as the "two impostors". He wants us to understand that success and failure is a part of our life and that we should not take them to peaks.That is, do not be too happy nor too sad.
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
When you speak the truth and come to know that people have misinterpreted that, do not panic. You should not lose your temper during such situations because you know what you have spoken and tolerate them.
"Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ;em up with worn-out tools"
We should never loosen our nerves when someone has broken the fort built by us with all efforts and time. We have to just get back and build it the same way. In that way we can reach the top of the world, says the poet.
