If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;

If you can think – and not make thoughts your
aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same

—“If,”
Rudyard Kipling

Why is the repetition in the first two lines effective?

It warns the reader about the dangers of dreaming and thinking.
It makes the poem longer.
It adds rhyme to the poem.
It stresses the importance of dreaming and thinking carefully.

The repetition in the first two lines is showing a rhyme. Usually, poems are supposed to rhyme, and certain words help the poem rhyme better. In conclusion, the answer is:

It adds rhyme to the poem.

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hancock was president of congress when the declaration of independence was adopted and signed. he is primarily remembered by americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the declaration, so much so that "john hancock" became, in the united states, an informal synonym for signature.

explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.