The "speaker" in the poem - the person saying the words of
the poem - is a father talking to his son. Using the pronoun "you" gives the effect of
making this very clearly a conversation, or perhaps a set of behavioral guidelines or
instructions being passed from father to son. The father is speaking very directly to
the boy as he provides examples of what to do and what not to do, how to act and how to
not react in a whole series of different situations.
If you can keep your head when all about
you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you
The goal of his advice is
to help his son understand the type of conduct and behavior that the father hopes the
son will display as a mature and responsible adult in every sense of the
word.
Yours is
the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man,
my son!
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