ГДЗ по английскому языку 11 Класс класс упражнение - 126 р. 1

Rudyard Kipling’s If is one of the best known poems. Read the first line in each verse and the two last lines of the poem. Who does Kipling address the poem to? Read the biography below to find out.

Rudyard Kipling (1856-1936) 

was a British author and poet, born in Bombay, India. He had a very happy childhood until, at the age of six, he and his sister were sent to England to be educated. His next six years were miserable. He was neglected and treated cruelly by the couple who were looking after him. At 12, he went to live with his aunt and only then spoke of what he had gone through. At the age of 16, he returned to his beloved India where he worked as a journalist. He wrote many poems and short stories, including Mandalay (1890) and Gunga Din (1892). These were published in the paper along with his news reports and later as collections.

He travelled extensively and married in 1892. Over the next few years Kipling wrote The Jungle Books (1894-1895), Captains Courageous (1897), The Day’s Work (1898) and many more. He had two daughters and a son, and life was wonderful until his eldest daughter died of pneumonia at the age of 7. From then on, life was never the same again, and the family moved to the English countryside for a secluded life. Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but he turned down the honour of Poet Laureate and a knighthood many times. Kipling’s most famous poem If (1909) is an inspiring, motivational poem about how to overcome difficulties. It emphasises the value of inner strength and the ability to not let your emotions get the best of you.