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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. [1] .
"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).
The meaning of WHITE MAN'S BURDEN is a duty formerly asserted by white people to manage the affairs of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed.
In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations.
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...
Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Man’s Burden” is an 1899 poem about the imperialistic duty of the United States to colonize and serve the people of the Philippines. The...
The editorial cartoon “‘The White Man’s Burden’ (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)” shows John Bull (Britain) and Uncle Sam (U.S.) delivering the world’s people of colour to civilisation (Victor Gillam, Judge magazine, 1 April 1899).
By Rudyard Kipling. 1 Take up the White Man's burden-- 2 Send forth the best ye breed-- 3 Go, bind your sons to exile 4 To serve your captives' need; 5 To wait, in heavy harness 6 On fluttered folk and wild-- 7 Your new-caught sullen peoples, 8 Half devil and half child. 9 Take up the White Man's burden-- 10 In patience to abide, 11 To veil the ...