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  <title><![CDATA[Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;Treasury of 44 poems evokes stirring images of British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. &quot;Gunga Din,&quot; &quot;Danny Deever,&quot; &quot;If&amp;#8212;,&quot; &quot;The White Man's Burden,&quot; &quot;The Female of the Species,&quot; many others, filled with character study, dramatic incident and rousing language New Notes to the Text. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes easily-readable poetry and can read in historical context]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My girlfriend was suffering a migraine the other night, and I pulled this out to read to her; Kipling is unmatched at his command of the rhythms, sounds, and patterns of the English language. You absolutely have to read Kipling in the context of his times, but if you can manage to do that, an absolu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11948692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[George Orwell has written about Rudyard Kipling far better than I could hope to. Go read his <em>Essays</em>.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not the greatest fan of poetry, but I couldn't stop reading this one.  A what a fan of gunga din I am!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Kipling, but I love his poetry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Kipling. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first time I read The White Man's Burden I thought it was taking the piss. I still like to maintain this belief despite knowing it wasn't the intention. It's pretty funny. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie Gunga Din and it was pretty good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Add a few stars if racism's your bag.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[tried at least.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh Yeah!]]></body>
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