Sample Response: The title of the poem "If" begins many of the lines. This shows the importance of trying to follow the speaker's advice: if the son can do all of these things, says the speaker, he will be a man. Repeating "if" also helps the poet stress that nothing is certain in the world.
Sorry for the last one, but the correct answer is <span>B) The parents must either deceive a man into marrying their daughter or keep her with them forever.</span>