If

Question 1

Keep your head

Answer 1

Idiomatic language, informal tone, as he’s addressing son giving more personal value

Question 2

Trust yourself when all men doubt you

Answer 2

Use of contrast, abstract nouns suggesting need to. Be balanced in approach of life

Question 3

Polyoptotons, wait waiting
Lied lies
Hated hating

Answer 3

Polyptoton, repetition of words from same well roots

Question 4

Don’t look to good

Answer 4

Don’t contradiction informal tones

Question 5

Triumph and disaster

Answer 5

Proper nouns, personified imposters, learn from mistakes but also success turn mistakes to triumph, good things come from disaster if treated as learning experience
Mental resilience

Question 6

Trap for fools

Answer 6

Metaphor

Question 7

Build em up with worn out tools:

Answer 7

Metaphor, of repairing your broken life goals with tools and carrying on life you build from being destroyed by others
Need resilience
Masculine imagery

Question 8

Winnings, pitch and toss

Answer 8

Imagery of gambling, but not dwell on losses

Question 9

Heart and nerve and sinew

Answer 9

Physical imagery, to emphasise importance of mental strength and tenacity to hold on

Question 10

With sixty seconds worth of distance run

Answer 10

Metaphor, life as distance run make most of every minute of your life

Question 11

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it

Answer 11

Kiplings belief that possessing these qualities means the world is yours for taking coming from privilege.

Question 12

Never breathe a word about your loss

Answer 12

Emotional repression, modern readers would regard this as unhealthy to show emotions is weakness

Question 13

Structure

Answer 13

8 line stanzas octaves,
Lambic pentameter
Speakers message that man should be balanced
Regular rhyme scheme