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Kipling’s poems “the Recessional” and “White Man’s Burden are perfect examples of what empire means to him. In White Man’s Burden, Kipling is telling the people to take up the duty of the more civilized nations to help civilize the undeveloped savages of other lands. He believed that there was no

greed involved on the part of the Empire. As he says in the poem “To seek another’s profit, and work another’s gain” these two lines show that he believed that the role of the empire was to help the less civilized. His beliefs of the empire are what we refer to today as the “Ideal Empire.” Unfortunately, what Kipling believed to be the role of an empire, never came to be. We are all aware of the fact that the empires of Europe did nothing but loot and plunder their colonies for its recourses and wealth.

Although Kipling believed in the ideals of empire, he was aware of the fact that all that Britain has worked for could be lost. The poem “The Recessional,” is basically a prayer to God. This prayer is asking God not to abandon the British. The hymn is meant to be a warning to the British people not to become arrogant, g

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