List two things from each stanza that we can do to make
the Earth ours, as given in the poem.
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STANZA 4 SUMMARY
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Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 25-26
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
The poem's final stanza starts out by talking about how to interact with different types of people.
If the listener can talk with crowds and still keep his ethics ("virtue"), or hang with kings but still keep his connection with the common folk then…
Like other lines in this poem, these are all about balance, about finding middle ground.
"Kings" and "crowds" symbolize two societal extremes: the super-rich and royal, on the one hand, and the regular people, on the other.
The speaker is encouraging his listener to be able to hang with both groups, but not to be swayed by either.
He should be able to talk with the hoi polloi, but not succumb to their vices ("keep your virtue").