Each of these writers has a different interpretation of advice for daughters, and it is interesting to note the differences. Whilst Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If-’ is addressed to his son, the advice can perhaps equally apply to girls. Finally is Irish poet Alice Kinsella’s poem ‘When’, which she wrote for International Women’s Day in 2017, and which was then performed by a group of 16 different female poets. The second is Elizabeth Lincoln Otis’ poem ‘An “If” for Girls’ from 1931. The first is by J P McEvoy, an American writer, who published his ‘“If” for Girls’ in 1924. Some of these adaptations have more helpful messages than others.īelow I have shared the original poem and three versions addressed to girls. Several of these have transformed the paternal advice into poems speaking to daughters about womanhood. Ever since its publication in 1910, ‘If-’ has inspired many parodies or imitations. It was written around 1895 and addressed to his son, advising him on how to become a man of character and integrity. Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If-’ has been highly popular and achieved cultural-artefact status in Britain.
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