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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.
- Rudyard Kipling
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- Rudyard Kipling
Jan 9, 2016 · In the poem, "the unforgiving minute" is a metaphor for the amount of time people have to live. That minute, the total time people have to live, is unforgiving because time doesn't give anyone a second chance. Once a second (60 seconds in a minute) passes, it is gone forever.
- 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...
Feb 23, 2010 · In this surprise bestseller, West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, Airborne Ranger, and U. S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney recounts his unparalleled education and the hard lessons that only war can teach. While stationed in Afghanistan, a deadly firefight with al-Qaeda leads to the loss of one of his soldiers.
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- Craig M. Mullaney
- $16.53
- Penguin Books
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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- Hardcover
“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.
- Paperback
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.
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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.
