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1. 1.

   Kipling has given invaluable rules to live by. Complete the following list with rules that you think are the most important.

   1. Trust yourself even if other people doubt you.
   2. ______________________________________.
   3. ______________________________________.
   4. ______________________________________.
   5. ______________________________________.
2. 2.

   If you can keep your head when all about you
   Are losing their and blaming it on you:
   If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
   But make allowance for their doubting too;

   1. What docs the speaker wish to convey by the expression keep your head?
   2. How would a person male allowance for others for doubting him?
3. 3.

   If you run make one heap of all your winning
   And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
   And lase, and start again at your beginnings
   Ami never breathe a word about your loss;

   1. What is it that is to be risked?
   2. Explain the phrase on one turn of pitch-and-toss.
   3. Why does the speaker say we must nor talk about our losses?
4. 4.

   If you can fill the unforgiving minute
   With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
   Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
   And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son!

   1. Why does the speaker call the minute unforgiving?
   2. How does the speaker propose to fill the unforgiving minute?
   3. Explain the significance of the last line of the poem.
5. 5.

   Draw a parallel between an incident in your life and some lines in this poem.

6. 6.

   Would you recommend this poem to someone who has not read it? Give reasons for your answer.