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Jan 16, 2019 · But as well as being a prolific author of fiction, Rudyard Kipling was also a hugely popular poet. But what are Kipling’s very best poems? ‘If—’.
If—. By Rudyard Kipling. (‘Brother Square-Toes’ —Rewards and Fairies) If you can keep your head when all about you. Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Kipling composed many of his poems while living for several years in the United States in the mid-1890s. His poems became famous for their lively, swinging rhythm. Typical are Gunga Din and Mandalay .
Rudyard Kipling's poetry is renowned for exploring universal themes, and 'L'Envoi' is a powerful example of this. Through his writing, Kipling encourages readers to contemplate their own lives and legacies and focus on the things that truly matter.
Rudyard Kipling is one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and story-tellers. Although he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, his political views, which grew more toxic as he aged, have long made him critically unpopular.
Rudyard Kipling. 1865 –. 1936. If you can keep your head when all about you. Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Including the juvenilia and unpublished poems written in England and India, researched in the 1980s by Andrew Rutherford, and now included in the comprehensive Cambridge Edition of 2013 edited by Thomas Pinney. For the published verse we have relied on the Definitive Edition (1940), and for the early unpublished verse on Rutherford (1986).
