Editing If— (section)

{{Short description|Poem by Rudyard Kipling}}
{{About|Kipling's poem||If (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox poem
|name ="If—"
|image = Kipling If (Doubleday 1910).jpg
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|caption = A [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] edition from 1910
|first = ''[[Rewards and Fairies]]''
|author = [[Rudyard Kipling]]
|publication_date = {{Start date and age|1910|paren=yes}}
|publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday, Page & Company]]
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"'''If—'''" is a poem by English poet [[Rudyard Kipling]] (1865–1936), written circa 1895<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poems007.com/poem/if.html|title= If, poem by Rudyard Kipling : Poems 007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210080229/http://www.poems007.com/poem/if.html|archive-date=2017-02-10|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref> as a tribute to [[Leander Starr Jameson]]. It is a literary example of [[Victorian era|Victorian-era]] values.<ref name="gradesaver">{{cite web|url=http://www.gradesaver.com/rudyard-kipling-poems/study-guide/section2/|title=Rudyard Kipling: Poems Study Guide: Summary and Analysis of "If—"|last=Osborne|first=Kristen|date=28 April 2013|editor-last=McKeever|editor-first=Christine|publisher=GradeSaver|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> The poem, first published in ''[[Rewards and Fairies]]'' (1910) following the story "Brother Square-Toes", is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, [[John Kipling|John]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martyris |first=Nina |date=25 September 2015 |title=When Rudyard Kipling’s Son Went Missing |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-rudyard-kiplings-son-went-missing |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230830235345/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-rudyard-kiplings-son-went-missing |archive-date=30 August 2023 |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=The New Yorker }}</ref>