Gunga Din Comments

FINAL RESPONSE: Brilliant poem and so very touching.5 Stars! Rudyard Kipling's Masterpiece!

MY FINAL COMMENT: MOST DESERVING POEM chosen by POEM HUNTER and TEAM as The Modern Poem Of The Day 5 Stars and so very touching

THREE: But he didn't care about his wounds and took him towards a safe place. Gunga Din's sacrifice made the soldier realize that his actions were wrong. In the end, the speaker of the poem admits his mistakes and realized Gunga Din had always been a better man than him.

TWO: The speaker of the poem also mistreats him along with his other comrades. However, when he got shot on the battlefield, Gunga Din is the first person who appears for his help. While helping the speaker of the poem, Gunga Din also gets shot.

ONE: It is a poem that revolves around a poor Indian water carrier named Gunga Din. He was mistreated at the hands of British soldiers. They were appointed by the Queen for the purpose of colonialism.

How strange that our generation refuses to let a previous generation praise qualities that transcend class distinctions. This is a lovely poem for its day. We just need to wee it for what it was, and get over our Political Correctness.

My dad taught me this poem as a very young girl and I always remembered it, well mostly. For some reason recently it came into my mind, and I decided that I would learn it totally again. Feel it is good for my brain, and also reminds me fondly of my dad

written in an age where class distinction was rife, not only in occupied territories. but in England itself.

My first exposure to Gunga Din was an old Mr. McGoo cartoon as a kid. It pushed me to learn more about Gunga Din and his history. My research brought me to this wonderful poem and I'm forever grateful for Mr. McGoo.

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" Gunga Din" has never left my memory since I first read it more than 65 years ago. What a contribution Kipling made to our language literary history.

Classic poetry and a poem that will go down in history as one of the best. Kipling was one of the greatest writers of all time. I remember this poem from reading it in school and I never forgot it. : -)

greatly penned this poem- Till the longest day was done; An' 'e didn't seem to know the use o' fear. If we charged or broke or cut, You could bet your bloomin' nut,

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I haven't read this poem in over 50 years, Amazing piece of pathos. I rate it 11 ot of 10.

Anyone who finds tis poem racist doesn't understand it. It is a plea for racial understanding. What ever the color of your dirty hide, you can be just as good or better than those not like you. It's what's inside that counts in the final analysis.

Who would do a good cover of this song? Eminem? Weekned?

Interesting how the Hindi wordsh have been laced together...The cultural nunaces picked up can only come with prolonged exposure, in the end the poet grudingly admits to his dependence and admiration for the poor Gunga Din. But sad it also reflects the attitude of those times to servititude and the poor of India.

Never liked Kipling. He's a bigot and racist and it shows in all his work.

Kipling presents here a page from history - seen through his own very unique prism.... A time when it was not only commonplace to allow conscription or indentured servitude, or not only the blatant arrogance of the victor over them with no concern of humanity or God's love, but also to include severe beatings when the slightest little whim is not satisfied quickly enough.... From the depth of so many things that are so very wrong comes this very endearing admiration. Certainly Kipling's forte...