nikolasdimi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL that Rudyard Kipling (writer of the jungle book) wrote a poem called "IF". A few lines of this poem are highlighted in the entrance of Wimbledon's Centre Court.blog.emiliosanchezacademy.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Rudyard Kipling (writer of the jungle book) wrote a poem called "IF". A few lines of this poem are highlighted in the entrance of Wimbledon's Centre Court.blog.emiliosanchezacademy.comnikolasdimi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoI love what Kipling wrote, but the man was amazingly sexist and racist. But if you force some modern sensibilities on the poem that Kipling would have gotten violent over, “If” is pretty great.
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhat, more so than was typical for the time?
minus-squarenikolasdimi@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoyes, I heard and read about his racist and sexist stories as well. agree.
I love what Kipling wrote, but the man was amazingly sexist and racist.
But if you force some modern sensibilities on the poem that Kipling would have gotten violent over, “If” is pretty great.
What, more so than was typical for the time?
yes, I heard and read about his racist and sexist stories as well. agree.