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A famous poem that lists the qualities of a man who can face the challenges of life with courage and integrity. The phrase \"fill the unforgiving minute\" appears in the last stanza as a challenge to seize the opportunity and make a difference.
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Feb 23, 2010 · “The Unforgiving Minute is a classic memoir of war and personal development. Craig Mullaney has provided a far greater service to his nation by penning a riveting memoir that should be mandatory reading by every junior officer who dons the military uniform.”
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“The Unforgiving Minute is the ultimate’s soldier’s book-universal in its raw emotion and its understanding of the larger issues of life and death. Mullaney, a master storyteller, plunges the depths of self-doubt, endurance, and courage.
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Jan 9, 2016 · The phrase \"unforgiving minute\" is a metaphor for the limited time of life, which does not give second chances. It is also a transferred epithet, meaning that the minute is unforgiving, not the time. See different interpretations and examples from the poem.
- My take is as follows: A person has one life to live. In the poem, "the unforgiving minute" is a metaphor for the amount of time people have to li...
- The other answers correctly highlight, I think, the fact that time is unforgiving in that time passed is gone forever. But why the 'minute' instead...
- "Sixty second's worth of distance run" is a reference to the Christian (and to a certain extent particularly Protestant) image of a human life bein...
- The whole (beautiful) poem is about perseverance , striving , patience, and hope, particularly in the face of the cruelties that may beset one on...
- Unforgiving= unrepeatable 60 seconds in a minute with distance run= live life to the fullest Great poem for realization that a man can not do tha...
- In a non poetic manner, it may give: If you make a good use of the inexorable passage of time, From sixty seconds of achievements, Yours is the...
- Although I've been aware of it for a long time, this is the first time I've consciously thought about this poem. I think point (1) of hjh's answer...
- I've always thought that line to mean excelling under hardship. In a brutal situation, where perseverance is required, Kipling's "Man" will actuall...
- If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which...
Jan 1, 2009 · One haunting afternoon on Losano Ridge in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney and his infantry platoon were caught in a deadly firefight with Al Qaeda fighters, when a message came over the radio: one of his soldiers had been killed by the enemy.
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Feb 23, 2010 · "The Unforgiving Minute is the ultimate's soldier's book-universal in its raw emotion and its understanding of the larger issues of life and death. Mullaney, a master storyteller, plunges the depths of self-doubt, endurance, and courage.
A minute is not merciful; it doesn't slow itself down to give you more time, or tack on a few seconds, or take a few of here or there. It is unforgiving time; always constant, always running.
