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Ifâ  is a poem by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, written in 1895 and first published in Rewards and Fairies, 1910. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. As poetry, Ifâ is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. John was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915.
Over the years, many have challenged Stevensonâs authorship, one of them a Canadian woman who claims to have written the poem in 1964. Thatâs impossible, if you believe Stevensonâs handwritten copy to be authentic, and author Giorgioâs 1958 diary entry that says âFootprintsâ is her favorite poem.