Question

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"Yours is the earth and everything that's in it". These words appear in the poem

1. Be the best
2. A Psalm of life
3. The Solitary Reaper
4. If

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : If

The correct answer is 'If'.

• "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it" appears in the poem of 'If'.
• The poem ‘If’ by the India-born British Nobel laureate poet Rudyard Kipling is a poem of ultimate inspiration that tells us how to deal with different situations in life. The poet conveys his ideas about how to win this life, and after all, how to be a good human being.
• The poem, written in 1895 and first published in ‘Rewards and Fairies’, 1910 is 32 lines long with four stanzas of eight lines each. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet’s son, John.
• Thus, the correct answer is option 4.