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A comment on If – A Poem by Rudyard Kipling. Parent comment
"sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—": cram every second within that precious minute with as much life as you can.
You only get one shot with your life. Make it count.
Other interpretations in this thread are also valid. Part of why it is one of my favorite poems.
More extended discussion on this passage in the poem:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/298659/in-rudyar...
"sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—": cram every second within that precious minute with as much life as you can.
You only get one shot with your life. Make it count.
Other interpretations in this thread are also valid. Part of why it is one of my favorite poems.
More extended discussion on this passage in the poem:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/298659/in-rudyar...