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The White Man’s Burden

The White Man’s Burden.

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The White Man’s Burden

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  1. The White Man’s Burden

  2. Debate over U.S. imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century occurred not only in newspapers and political speeches, but in poetry as well. In 1899, the British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden," which urged the U. S. to take up the "burden" of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. President Theodore Roosevelt copied the poem and sent it to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, commenting that it was "rather poor poetry, but good sense from the expansion point of view." Although Kipling’s poem mixed encouraging empire-building with the warnings of the costs involved, imperialists within the United States latched onto the phrase “White man’s burden” as a catch-phrase for imperialism that seemed to justify the policy as a noble enterprise.

  3. Take up the White Man's burden--Send forth the best ye breed--Go, bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need;To wait, in heavy harness,On fluttered folk and wild--Your new-caught sullen peoples,Half devil and half child.

  4. Take up the White Man's burden--In patience to abide,To veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;By open speech and simple,An hundred times made plain,To seek another's profitAnd work another's gain.

  5. Take up the White Man's burden--The savage wars of peace--Fill full the mouth of Famine,And bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearest(The end for others sought)Watch sloth and heathen follyBring all your hope to nought.

  6. Take up the White Man's burden--No iron rule of kings,But toil of serf and sweeper--The tale of common things.The ports ye shall not enter,The roads ye shall not tread,Go, make them with your livingAnd mark them with your dead.

  7. Take up the White Man's burden,And reap his old reward--The blame of those ye betterThe hate of those ye guard--The cry of hosts ye humour(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--"Why brought ye us from bondage,Our loved Egyptian night?"

  8. Take up the White Man's burden--Ye dare not stoop to less--Nor call too loud on FreedomTo cloak your weariness.By all ye will or whisper,By all ye leave or do,The silent sullen peoplesShall weigh your God and you.

  9. Take up the White Man's burden!Have done with childish days--The lightly-proffered laurel,The easy ungrudged praise:Comes now, to search your manhoodThrough all the thankless years,Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,The judgment of your peers.

  10. According to Kipling, what was the “White Man’s Burden”? Who, or what, was supposedly burdensome to the white man?”

  11. Why does Kipling suggest it is important for the white man to “take up” this burden?

  12. Do you believe that he is correct or incorrect in his assertions?

  13. Do you think that this poem has any relevance to America’s role in the world today?

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