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White Man's Burden: The Poem That Stirred Many Racial Debates

Rudyard Kipling’s 1899 poem, the white man’s burden, was written as a response to the American acquisition of The Philippines after the Spanish American war. The poem continued and reinforced an opinion already shared with Roosevelt in Kipling’s private letters where he states, “Now go...

Critical Analysis of Virtues and Values of Life in 'If' by Rudyard Kipling

Author Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”, was first published in Kipling’s volume of short stories and poems, “Rewards and Fairies” and in 1910, it became one of his best-known poems, and was even voted the United Kingdom’s favorite poem of all time. The poem “If” is...

The Weight of Imperialism in Kipling's “The White Man’s Burden”

Great Britain is no stranger to imperialism. The British Empire, considered “the empire on which the sun never sets, ” governed more than 412 million people in 1913 - ten times larger than the British population itself (Maddison 97). India was one of many accolades...

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