WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As Victorian imperial poetry, “The White Man’s Burden” thematically corresponded to Kipling’s belief that the British Empire was the Englishman’s “Divine Burden to reign God’s Empire on Earth"; and celebrates British colonialism as a mission of civilisation that eventually would benefit the colonised natives.

Detailed explanation-2: -In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -’The White Man’s Burden’ by Rudyard Kipling demonstrates the imperialist mindset popular in the poet’s time. The poem is addressed to white men, who the speaker describes as superior. The speaker tells them that it’s their responsibility to travel to the Philippines (although the location is never stated explicitly).

Detailed explanation-4: -Kipling’s poem, “The White Man’s Burden, ” was published in McClure’s Magazine in 1899. The poem considered white imperialism necessary to civilize the “backward savages” of the colonies. This poem disregarded the economic motivations of imperialism in favor of moral obligations, a comfortable guilt-free explanation.