100 Poems: Old and New by Rudyard Kipling (PDF)

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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of one of the most popular poems in the English language, ‘If–’, has long captured the interest of poetry lovers. Here, Thomas Pinney brings together a selection of well-established favourites and the best of the previously uncollected and unpublished poems from The Cambridge Edition of the Poems of Rudyard Kipling (2013). The poems, whether exploring the colonial experience, exposing the injustice of war, or appreciating the beauties of nature, resonate with Kipling’s keen observations of his world and strong sense of poetic rhythm. Discovered by Pinney in an array of unlikely hiding places, the uncollected and unpublished poems show the diversity and development of Kipling’s talent over his lifetime, and, when combined with long-held favourites, offer readers a unique opportunity to experience Kipling’s mastery of poetry in a new way.

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⭐Rudyard is at the top of my list for intelligence and well written, and yes, and animal lover. Beside he spoke the truth and some of his poems have been ‘tucked away’ as not being politically correct.

⭐what a gem! The old, well-known poems are excellent; quite a few of the unknown ones are to be treasured.

⭐Wonderful little book. “If” and “Gunga Din” are immortal. You’ll get even more out of it if you take the time to find out what some of the odd phrases and words mean.

⭐With this book, I ordered two other ones. I have got info about Tennis book, but I don’t have about “Massive”.

⭐Kipling’s words flow off of the page with iambic ease, and his view on life is quite interesting, if perhaps not modern (although I like it that way). A great buy.

⭐Most of the contents are previously unpublished work recently discovered, but some old favorites are reprinted. I bought copies to give as gifts this Christmas.

⭐Rudyard Kipling’s poetry continues to be read widely and to be controversial. Kipling (1865 — 1936) wrote a great deal over his long life, and creating a collected edition of his poetry has been a formidable task. In 2013, Kipling scholar Thomas Finney published a three-volume edition of Kipling’s complete poetry which includes over 2400 pages and is likely to be the definitive text for scholars.

⭐In the course of his painstaking work, Finney found many poems of Kipling that had never before been published or that had been published only in obscure newspapers and magazines and never collected. Finney wanted to make a selection of this hitherto unknown poetry available to readers who might not explore the full three-volume collection. Thus, he published this short volume “100 Poems Old and New”. The book is a small well-produced hardbound volume with a brief introduction by Finney. He tells the reader he combined 74 of the new poems with 26 of Kipling’s published poems that are likely to be familiar to admirers of the poet. Finney wanted to give readers something of the “old” and the “new” Kipling to deepen their understanding of the poet.I had some familiarity with Kipling, but as I read the volume I couldn’t entirely distinguish between the old and the new. Finney might have expected less of his readers and separated the 26 poems from the new finds. I became curious and tried to examine the tables of contents and indexes of two readily available anthologies of Kipling to determine what was familiar and what wasn’t. I used the inexpensive paperback Dover edition which includes about 45 poems

⭐and the longer anthology published by Everyman,

⭐. I was thus able to identify 21 of the “famous” poems, but not the entire 26. I list the 21 famous poems I could identify in this volume below.Danny DeeverTommyGunga DinIn the Neolithic AgeThe Law of the JungleWhen ‘Omer Smote his Bloomin LyreRecessionalThe White Man’s BurdenMerrow DownCities and Thrones and PowersHarp Song of the Dane WomenA Song to MithrasThe Baths of BiddlestoneThe Way through the WoodsIf–The Female of the SpeciesJobson’s AmenMy Boy JackThe Gods of the Copybook HeadingsLondon StoneAh,would Swift Ships never been about the Sea to RoveThe remaining poems (beyond the five I couldn’t identify) will likely be unfamiliar to virtually every reader of Kipling.The poems are arranged chronologically, beginning with “How it Seemed to Us” written in 1882 and concluding with “The Cold! –Heap on the Logs and Let’s Get Tight!” a poem in four lines from 1935. This latter poem, a “new” work has a delightful sensual touch for a work written late in life. It may serve as a sample of the discovered works in this volume.”‘Tis cold! Heap on the logs — and lets get tight!The Gods can run this world for just one night.I will enjoy myself and be no scornerOf any nice girl giggling in a corner.”There are no annotations or notes provided in the volume. Some of the early poems in particular make heavy use of dialect and of references that are likely to be unfamiliar. Editorial notes might have been appropriate.The volume shows Kipling’s broad range as a poet and his development over time. He is known as a poet of action, war and empire. Kipling also shows a high sense of irony and a deepening sense of introspection. His poems of in the years of WW I show an increasing awareness of the futility and tragedy of war. For all his conservatism and commitment to the British Empire, many of Kipling’s poems show a great awareness of the dangers of chauvinism and a realization of how much there is to be learned from other people and cultures. The poems are generally rhymed and rhythmical. Although the writing of poetry changed markedly during Kipling’s life, his forms remained traditional rather than modernistic.In most instances, a poet’s work left in manuscript or published in ephemeral publications was left uncollected for a reason. The new poems Finney included help show his range as a poet, and many of them reward reading. As Finney indicates, however, some of these new poems are slight. When the volume is read through without regard to the source of the poems, it is of mixed quality. This of course is not to detract from Finney’s scholarship or from his meticulous preservation of these poems in the complete edition. But the reader should be aware that some of these poems are not among Kipling’s best.In other words, it depends what the reader is looking for in assessing this volume. Readers wanting an anthology of Kipling’s best poems might better be served with the Everyman collection. Readers who love Kipling and know his familiar works would be more interested in this volume with its short selection of famous poems and its inclusion of many newly discovered poems. Readers who want a compromise — a selection of some of the standard works plus many new discoveries — will also like this book. In any event, this book, the large three volume edition are clearly labors of love and scholarship. The books will keep Kipling alive. This selection of 100 Kipling poems “old and new” will be valuable to those wishing to learn about Kipling.Robin Friedman

⭐100 Poems: Old and New curated by Thomas Pinney collects some well known and even unpublished poems by Rudyard Kipling. According to Pinney, 25 of these are well known while the other 75 are classified as less known, published only in India or never in print. Not being that well acquainted with Kipling, I was only familiar with about 8 or the 25 most well known. This didn’t diminish how much I enjoyed this collection, but perhaps someone more familiar could see subtle differences between published and unpublished works.Kipling is just as accessible today as ever. Many of the poems are about war and death. There are poems about gambling and drinking. It’s a manly collection of poems and possibly a good way to introduce poetry to those who think they don’t like poetry. It’s certainly the kind of poetry that the Ron Swanson character on the television show Parks And Rec would read and quote.The poems included here are by no means comprehensive. For that, you’d need something like the 3 volume work, The Cambridge Edition of the Poems of Rudyard Kipling, also edited by Thomas Pinney. 100 Poems is a nice introduction, but it’s nice to know there is something more comprehensive (the 3 volume work boasts 550 poems). Apparently Rudyard Kilpling was much more prolific than I ever realized. I quite enjoyed this book and I’m quite happy that I read it.I was given a review copy of this book by Cambridge University Press and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this book.

⭐great

⭐A treasury of insight and honesty from the least politically correct poet currently in print. Oddly, curated like this, they feel like an elegy for an empire.

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