If you can dream – and not make dreams your
master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your
aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
—“If,”
Rudyard Kipling
How is repetition used in these lines? Check all that apply.
Each of the first three lines begins with “If you can.”
Triumph and Disaster are called imposters.
The first two lines are interrupted by additional thoughts from the speaker.
Master and Disaster rhyme.
The speaker tells readers that they should not be controlled by dreams.
