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"The White Man's Burden" (1899), by Rudyard Kipling, is a poem about the Philippine–American War (1899–1902) that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country.
"The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the British Victorian poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling. While he originally wrote the poem to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Kipling revised it in 1899 to exhort the American people to conquer and rule the Philippines.
The White Man’s Burden. 1899. (The United States and the Philippine Islands) 1. Take up the White Man's burden—. Send forth the best ye breed—. Go bind your sons to exile. To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness.
‘The White Man’s Burden’ by Rudyard Kipling demonstrates the imperialist mindset popular in the poet’s time. The poem addresses white men, who the speaker describes as superior. The speaker tells them it’s their responsibility to travel to the Philippines (although the location is never explicitly stated).
May 13, 2011 · Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's burden --. In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror. And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times mad plain. To seek another's profit, And work another's gain.
The White Man’s Burden Lyrics. Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile. To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered...
It is helpful to read “The White Man’s Burden”, which has been used to condemn the form of imperialism that Kipling embraced, alongside his letter of 18 August 1898, to the American, George Cram Cook.
