Question

How does the "if... I would" structure in the poem develop the speakers perspective towards her goals?

Answer 1

Hello. You did not show the poem to which this question refers, which makes it difficult to answer it. However, when researching your question, I was able to find on the internet a question like yours where it showed that the poem in question was "Most Valuable Player" written by Sarah Van Arsdale.

Answer and Explanation:

With the structure "if ... I would" we can see that the speaker has a prospect of winning a trophy one day and that perspective includes the speaker's thinking about what he would do with that trophy. In addition to the trophy being an achievement for the speaker, he wants to display it, admire it, show it to friends and keep it always clean and dust-free. Furthermore, the perspective even includes the shape of the trophy and what it looks like, as the speaker says "It would have a statue of a woman."