Read the fallowing excerpt from British poet Rudyard Kipling's the white man's burden written 1899 what does the excerpt suggest about European imperialism during the late 19th century?
Take up the White Mans 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 Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
- Rudyard Kipling1
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The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands (1899), by Rudyard Kipling, is a poem about the Philippine– American War ... Since the late nineteenth ...
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British poet kipling's the White man burden written in 1899. Following aspects are suggested about European imperialism during the late 19th century by excerpt are explained below:
- Rudyard Kipling in 1899 written a poem about the Philippine- American War named "The White man burden"- The United State and the Philippines Island.
- Kipling poem urged the United State to take up the burden of "civilizing "the former Spanish colonies, at a pivotal point in the American debate over imperialism.
- It is a thankless task but a noble overtaking.
- Imperialism was motivated by a high- minded desire off white to uplift people of colour is the meaning of the phrase in the poem.