Nor is the versification too regular.' T.S. What is more.'The variety of form which Kipling manages to devise for his ballads is remarkable: each is distinct, and perfectly fitted to the content and the mood which the poem has to convey. But, wrote Eliot, Kipling had more to offer than that: he had 'a consummate gift of word, phrase, and rhythm', never repeated himself, and used short, simple stanzas and rhyming schemes. Eliot thought Kipling's ballads unusual, also, in that Kipling had been careful to make it possible to absorb each ballad's message on a single hearing. In Eliot's view, this makes Kipling a 'ballad-writer', and that was already, he thought, more difficult in 1941 than in Kipling's time, as people no longer had the music hall to inspire them. Eliot, in his essay on Kipling for his 1941 anthology of Kipling's verse, writes that many writers have written verse without writing poetry, but that Kipling was unusual in that he did write poetry without setting out to do so.

Many have become classic military ditties and are still well known, particularly 'Gunga Din', 'Tommy' and 'Danny Deever'. The Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses are a set of martial songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. Decorated Endpapers Attractive green and gilt floral designs at the panels and backstrip gilt titles at front panel and backstrip. The collection includes some of his best known poems. The poems are written in the voice and language of soldiers of that time. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Rudyard Kipling (1868 - 1936) Barrack-Room Ballads is a collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling which describe life in the British Army, particularly in India, in his time.

Despite a number of flaws, remains a sturdy, presentable copy. Binding square and secure, but only because the front hinge has been reinforced with binders glue text clean. DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES AND BALLADS AND BARRACK ROOM BALLADS by KIPLING, RUDYARD Condition Used - G. Good+: shows moderate wear to the extremities, where the cloth over boards has worn through to the underlying board at three corner tips and at the heel of the backstrip mild rubbing faint but pervasive soiling.

Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling