Departmental ditties and Ballads and Barrack-room ballads
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The collection is split into two halves. "Departmental Ditties," the first section, is made up of satirical poems that parody the administrative and bureaucratic features of British colonial life in India, the country where Kipling spent a large portion of his formative years. This section's poetry frequently offers amusing perspectives into the daily life of colonial establishment figures such as soldiers and government officials. The narrative and lyrical poetry in the collection's second section, "Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads," depict the experiences of British army soldiers. These poem...
Chapters (60)
- DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES
- and
- BALLADS AND BARRACK ROOM BALLADS
- DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES
- GENERAL SUMMARY
- ARMY HEADQUARTERS
- STUDY OF AN ELEVATION, IN INDIAN INK
- THE STORY OF URIAH
- THE POST THAT FITTED
- PUBLIC WASTE
- DELILAH
- WHAT HAPPENED
- PINK DOMINOES
- THE MAN WHO COULD WRITE
- MUNICIPAL
- A CODE OF MORALS
- THE LAST DEPARTMENT
- BALLADS AND BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
- BALLADS
- THE BALLAD OF FISHER'S BOARDING-HOUSE
- AS THE BELL CLINKS
- AN OLD SONG
- CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ
- THE GRAVE OF THE HUNDRED HEAD
- THE MOON OF OTHER DAYS
- THE UNDERTAKER'S HORSE
- THE FALL OF JOCK GILLESPIE
- ARITHMETIC ON THE FRONTIER
- THE BETROTHED
- A TALE OF TWO CITIES
- VOLUME II BALLADS AND BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
- BALLADS
- THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
- THE LAST SUTTEE
- THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY
- THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST
- THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE
- THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF
- THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS
- THE BALLAD OF THE CLAMPHERDOWN
- THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR”
- THE ENGLISH FLAG
- AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT
- TOMLINSON
- BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
- DANNY DEEVER
- TOMMY
- SOLDIER, SOLDIER
- SCREW-GUNS
- GUNGA DIN
- OONTS
- LOOT
- 'SNARLEYOW'
- THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR
- BELTS
- THE YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER
- MANDALAY
- TROOPIN'
- FORD O' KABUL RIVER
- ROUTE MARCHIN'
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