08-19-2012, 09:50 PM
every time i visit the uk i have a funeral to sit through. i find it amazing that they all pass away in the 4 week window i use for my holiday there. is god telling me something i wonder? i think kipling was a down to earth blokish sort of man and that's the essence of the poem, it feels down to earth working class. it's an honest piece of poetry.