Tag: if
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One Word: “If” by Bread
“If” by Bread is one of those songs where the lyrics can make your head explode – if you think too hard. Songs like that, of course, we aren’t supposed to think about. We’re supposed to turn off our brains and let the words wash over us. Mostly, I do just that. Bread’s “If” is…
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One Word: Rudyard Kipling’s “If —”
Could Rudyard Kipling’s “If—” perhaps be the longest English poem ever written about a single one-syllable word? Before discussing this, let me confess: Yes, I know how strange a question like this must make me seem, to my beloved readers! Who frets about stuff like this, anyway? The question isn’t important. But like lots of…