imperialist and his writings reflected the attitudes of his time, which have since been critiqued for their portrayal of colonial attitudes.
Kipling's poems and stories were extraordinarily popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, but after World War I his reputation
as a serious writer suffered through his being widely viewed as a jingoistic imperialist. (His rehabilitation was attempted, however, by
T.S. Eliot.) His verse is indeed vigorous, and in dealing with the lives and colloquial speech of common soldiers and sailors it broke
new ground. Balladry, music hall song, and popular hymnology provide its unassuming basis; even at its most serious---as in
"Recessional" (1897) and similar pieces in which Kipling addressed himself to his fellow countrymen in times of crisis---the effect is
rhetorical rather than imaginative.
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