Study notes for the poem “Mandalay” by Rudyard Kipling[1] Contents Preliminary note 3 Rudyard Kipling’s “Mandalay” – Notes by George Bliar 4 Colonial exploitation of a country’s natural resources 6 Don’t fraternise with the ‘natives’ 9 “Rudyard Kipling” by George Orwell 13 1942“Mandalay” – the poem 22 The poem with study notes […]
Mandalaythepoem
Mandalay the Poem
“Mandalay” by Rudyard Kipling (1890) 1. By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin’ lazy at the sea, There’s a Burma girl a-settin’, and I know she thinks o’ me; For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say; “Come you back, you British Soldier; come you back to Mandalay!” Come you back to […]