The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling – 570+ Titles in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Songs from Novels and Stories, The Seven Seas Collection, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations…By Rudyard Kipling
Length23h 1m
About this audiobook
The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling – 570+ Titles in One Edition gathers the extraordinary range of a poet whose work moves from martial ballad and imperial hymn to children's verse, satire, elegy, and moral fable. Kipling's verse is marked by strong rhythms, dramatic monologue, colloquial speech, and memorable refrain; it belongs to the late Victorian and Edwardian world, yet continually tests that world's certainties through irony, craftsmanship, and narrative force. Rudyard Kipling, born in Bombay in 1865 and educated in England, drew deeply on the divided experience of empire, travel, journalism, and public life. His years in India sharpened his ear for language, hierarchy, folklore, and military culture, while his later fame as novelist, storyteller, and Nobel laureate gave his poetry a public authority that was both celebrated and contested. This edition is recommended to readers seeking more than a selection of familiar pieces such as "If—" or "Gunga Din." It offers the breadth necessary to understand Kipling as a complex literary figure: technically brilliant, historically revealing, morally provocative, and indispensable to any serious study of English poetry at the turn of the twentieth century.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length23 hrs 1 min
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 19, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
301Romulus and Remus
2Introduction
302Chapter Headings
3Author Biography
303The Jungle Books
4Historical Context
304The Egg-Shell
5Synopsis (Selection)
305The King's Task
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6Departmental Ditties
306Poseidon's Law
7General Summary
307A Truthful Song
8Army Headquarters
308A Smuggler's Song
9Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink
309King Henry VII. And the Shipwrights
10A Legend
310The Wet Litany
11The Story of Uriah
311The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
12The Post That Fitted
312Heriot's Ford
13Delilah
313Frankie's Trade
14What Happened
314The Juggler's Song
15Pink Dominoes
315Thorkild's Song
16The Man Who Could Write
316'Angutivaun Taina'
17Municipal
317Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
18A Code of Morals
318Song of the Men's Side
19The Last Department
319Darzee's Chaunt
20Other Verses
320The Four Angels
21The Vampire
321The Prayer
22To the Unknown Goddess
322The Years Between
23The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin
323Dedication
24La Nuit Blanche
324The Rowers
25My Rival
325The Veterans
26The Lovers' Litany
326The Declaration of London
27A Ballad of Burial
327Ulster
28Divided Destinies
328The Covenant
29The Masque of Plenty
329France
30The Mare's Nest
330'For All We Have and Are'
31Possibilities
331A Song in Storm
32Christmas in India
332The Outlaws
33Pagett, M.P
333Zion
34The Song of the Women
334Lord Roberts
35A Ballad of Jakko Hill
335The Question
36The Plea of the Simla Dancers
336The Choice
37The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House
337The Holy War
38As the Bell Clinks
338The Houses
39An Old Song
339Russia to the Pacifists
40Certain Maxims of Hafiz
340The Irish Guards
41The Grave of the Hundred Head
341A Nativity
42The Moon of Other Days
342En-Dor
43The Undertaker's Horse
343A Recantation
44The Fall of Jock Gillespie
344My Boy Jack
45Arithmetic on the Frontier
345The Verdicts
46The Betrothed
346Mesopotamia
47A Tale of Two Cities
347The Hyænas
48Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads
348The Spies' March
49The Ballad of East and West
349The Sons of Martha
50The Last Suttee
350Mary's Son
51The Ballad of the King's Mercy
351The Song of the Lathes
52The Ballad of the King's Jest
352Gethsemane
53The Ballad of Boh Da Thone
353The Pro-Consuls
54The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief
354The Craftsman
55The Rhyme of the Three Captains
355Things and the Man
56The Ballad of the Clampherdown
356The Benefactors
57The Ballad of the "Bolivar"
357The Dead King
58The English Flag
358A Death-Bed
59An Imperial Rescript
359Gehazi
60Tomlinson
360The Virginity
61Barrack-Room Ballads
361A Pilgrim's Way
62Tommy
362The Oldest Song
63Soldier, Soldier
363Natural Theology
64Screw-Guns
364A Song at Cock-Crow
65Gunga Din
365The Female of the Species
66Loot
366Epitaphs
67'Snarleyow'
367'The City of Brass'
68The Widow at Windsor
368Justice
69Belts
369Other Poems
70The Young British Soldier
370Dedication
71Mandalay
371A Boy Scouts'Patrol Song
72Ford O' Kabul River
372A Child's Garden
73Route Marchin'
373A Counting-Out Song
74The Seven Seas
374A Departure
75A Song of the English
375A Legend of the Foreign Office
76The Coastwise Lights
376A Legend of Truth
77The Song of the Dead
377A Pageant of Elizabeth
78The Deep-Sea Cables
378A Preface
79The Song of the Sons
379A Rector's Memory
80The Song of the Cities
380A Song in the Desert
81England's Answer
381A Song of Bananas
82The First Chantey
382A Song of French Roads
83The Last Chantey
383A Song of the White Men
84The Merchantmen
384A Translation
85McAndrews' Hymn
385Akbar's Bridge
86The Miracles
386Alnaschar and the Oxen
87The Native-Born
387Arterial
88The King
388At His Execution
89The Rhyme of the Three Sealers
389Azrael's Count
90The Derelict
390"Back To the Army Again"
91The Song of the Banjo
391Banquet Night
92"The Liner She's a Lady"
392"Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm"
93Mulholland's Contract
393Big Steamers
94Anchor Song
394Bobs
95The Sea-Wife
395Brown Bess
96Hymn Before Action
396Cain and Abel
97To the True Romance
397Carmen Circulare
98The Flowers
398Cells
99The Last Rhyme of True Thomas
399Chartres Windows
100The Story of Ung
400"Cleared"
101The Three-Decker
401Contradictions
102An American
402Covenent
103The Mary Gloster
403Dane-Geld
104Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
404Danny Deever
105Barrack-Room Ballads
405Dedication from "Barrack-Room Ballads"
106"Back to the Army Again."
406Dinah in Heaven
107"Birds of Prey" March
407Doctors
108"Soldier An' Sailor Too."
408Edgehill Fight
109Sappers
409Evarra And His Gods
110That Day
410"Farewell and adieu..."
111"The Men That Fought at Minden."
411Fastness
112Cholera Camp
412Four-Feet
113The Ladies
413Fox-Hunting
114Bill 'Awkins
414"Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
115The Mother-Lodge
415Gentlmen-Rankers
116"Follow Me 'Ome"
416Gertrude's Prayer
117The Sergeant's Weddin'
417Giffen's Debt
118The Jacket
418Gipsy Vans
119The 'Eathen
419Great-Heart
120The Shut-Eye Sentry
420Half-Ballade of Waterval
121"Mary, Pity Women!"
421"Helen all Alone"
122For to Admire
422His Apologies
123L'Envoi
423Hymn of Breaking Strain
124An Almanac of Twelve Sports
424Hymn of the Triumphant Airman
125Hunting
425Hymn to Physical Pain
126Coursing
426"I Keep Six Honest..."
127Racing
427If
128Boating
428In Springtime
129Fishing
429In the Matter of One Compass
130Cricket
430In the Neolithic Age
131Archery
431James I
132Coaching
432Jane's Marriage
133Shooting
433Just So Stories
134Golf
434Kitchener's School
135Boxing
435Lady Geraldine's Hardship
136Skating
436"Late Came the God"
137The Five Nations
437L'Envoi to "Life's Handicap"
138Dedication
438Lollius
139The Sea and the Hills
439London Stone
140The Bell Buoy
440Macdonough's Song
141Cruisers
441Memories
142The Destroyers
442Mine Sweepers
143White Horses
443Mowgli's Song
144The Second Voyage
444My Father's Chair
145The Dykes
445"My New-Cut Ashler"
146The Song of Diego Valdez
446Neighbours
147The Broken Men
447Norman and Saxon
148The Feet of the Young Men
448One Viceroy Resigns
149The Truce of the Bear
449Oonts
150The Old Men
450Our Lady of the Sackcloth
151The Explorer
451Pagett, M.P.
152The Wage-Slaves
452Pan in Vermont
153The Burial
453Philadelphia
154General Joubert
454Poseidon's Low
155The Palace
455"Poison of Asps"
156Sussex
456Prelude
157Song of the Wise Children
457Public Waste
158Buddha at Kamakura
458Rahere
159The White Man’s Burden
459Rebirth
160Pharaoh and the Sergeant
460Seal Lullaby
161Our Lady of the Snows
461Sepulchral
162Et Dona Ferentes
462Seven Watchmen
163Kitchener’s School
463Shillin' a Day
164The Young Queen
464"Soldier an' Sailor Too"
165Rimmon
465Songs of Seventy Horses
166The Old Issue
466Song of the Dynamo
167Bridge-Guard in the Karroo
467Song of the Galley-Slaves
168The Lesson
468Stellenbosch
169The Files
469"Such as in Ships"
170The Reformers
470Supplication of the Black Aberdeen
171Dirge of Dead Sisters
471The Absent-Minded Beggar
172The Islanders
472The Advertisement
173The Peace of Dives
473The American Rebellion
174South Africa
474The Answer
175The Settler
475The Anvil
176Chant-Pagan
476The Appeal
177M.I.
477The Ballad of the Cars
178Columns
478The Ballad of the Red Earl
179The Parting of the Columns
479The Bee-Boy's Song
180Two Kopjes
480The Beginner
181The Instructor
481The Beginnings
182Boots
482The Bells and Queen Victoria
183The Married Man
483The Birthright
184Lichtenberg
484The Bother
185Stellenbosh
485The Hyaenas
186Half-Ballad of Waterval
486The Braggart
187Piet
487The Burden
188“Wilful-Missing”
488The Centaurs
189Ubique
489The Changelings
190The Return
490The Children
191Recessional
491The Clerks and the Bells
192Songs From Books
492The Coiner
193Preface
493The Comforters
194'Cities and Thrones and Powers'
494The Conundrum of the Workshops
195The Recall
495The Consolations of Memory
196Puck's Song
496The Cure
197The Way Through the Woods
497The Dawn Wind
198A Three-Part Song
498The Day's Work
199The Run of the Downs
499The Disciple
200Brookland Road
500The Dove of Dacca
201The Sack of the Gods
501The Dutch in the Medway
202The Kingdom
502The Dying Chauffeur
203Tarrant Moss
503The English Way
204Sir Richard's Song
504The Expert
205A Tree Song
505The Explanation
206Cuckoo Song
506The Fabulists
207A Charm
507The Fires
208The Prairie
508The Flight
209Chapter Headings
509The Floods
210Plain Tales From the Hills
510The Four Points
211Cold Iron
511The French Wars
212A Song of Kabir
512The Friends
213A Carol
513The Galley-Slave
214'My New-Cut Ashlar'
514The Gift of the Sea
215Eddi's Service
515The Gipsy Trail
216Shiv and the Grasshopper
516The Glories
217The Fairies' Siege
517The Glory of the Garden
218A Song to Mithras
518The Gods of the Copybook Headings
219The New Knighthood
519The Greek National Anthem
220Outsong in the Jungle
520The Hour of the Angel
221Harp Song of the Dane Women
521The Idiot Boy
222The Thousandth Man
522The Inventor
223The Winners
523The Junk and the Dhow
224A St. Helena Lullaby
524The Justice's Tale
225Chil's Song
525The King and the Sea
226The Captive
526The King's Job
227The Puzzler
527The King's Pilgrimage
228Hadramauti
528The Land
229Chapter Headings
529The Landau
230The Naulahka
530The Last Lap
231The Light That Failed
531The Last Ode
232Gallio's Song
532The Last of the Light Brigade
233The Bees and the Flies
533The Legend of Evil
234Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
534The Legend of Mirth
235'Our Fathers Also'
535The Long Trail
236A British-Roman Song
536The Lost Legion
237A Pict Song
537The Lowestoft Boat
238The Stranger
538The Master-Cook
239'Rimini'
539"The Men That Fought at Minden"
240'Poor Honest Men'
540The Moral
241'When the Great Ark'
541The Mother's Son
242Prophets at Home
542The North Sea Patrol
243Jubal and Tubal Cain
543The Nurses
244The Voortrekker
544The Open Door
245A School Song
545The Overland Mail
246The Law of the Jungle
546The Parting of the Column
247'A Servant When He Reigneth'
547The Penalty
248'Our Fathers of Old'
548The Pirates in England
249The Heritage
549The Playmate
250Chapter Headings
550The Portent
251'Beast and Man in India'
551The Press
252Life's Handicap
552The Progress of the Spark
253Kim
553The Reeds of Runnymede
254Many Inventions
554The River's Tale
255Song of the Fifth River
555The Roman Centurion's Song
256The Children's Song
556The Runes of Weland's Sword
257Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals
557The Sacrifice of Er-Heb
258Elephants of the Gun-Teams
558The Scholars
259Gun-Bullocks
559The Secret of the Machines
260Cavalry Horses
560The Song of Seven Cities
261Screw-Gun Mules
561The Song of the Old Guard
262Commissariat Camels
562The Songs of the Lathes
263All the Beasts Together
563The Storm Cone
264If—
564The Supports
265The Prodigal Son
565The Survival
266The Necessitarian
566The Threshold
267The Jester
567The Totem
268A Song of Travel
568The Tour
269The Two-Sided Man
569"The Trade"
270'Lukannon'
570The Vineyard
271An Astrologer's Song
571The Waster
272'The Power of the Dog'
572The White Man's Burden
273The Rabbi's Song
573The Widow's Party
274The Bee Boy's Song
574The Wishing-Caps
275The Return of the Children
575"Tin Fish"
276Merrow Down
576To a Lady, Persuading Her to a Car
277Old Mother Laidinwool
577To James Whitcomb Riley
278Chapter Headings
578To Motorists
279Just-So Stories
579To the Companions
280The Looking-Glass
580To Thomas Atkins
281The Queen's Men
581To Wolcott Balestier
282The City of Sleep
582"Together"
283The Widower
583Troopin'
284The Prayer of Miriam Cohen
584Two Months
285The Song of the Little Hunter
585Two Races
286Gow's Watch
586Untimely
287The Wishing Caps
587"Very Many People"
288'By the Hoof of the Wild Goat'
588We and They
289Song of the Red War-Boat
589What the People Said
290Morning Song in the Jungle
590When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted
291Blue Roses
591"When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre"
292A Ripple Song
592When the Journey Was Intended to the City
293Butterflies
593Wilful Missing
294My Lady's Law
594With Drake in the Tropics
295The Nursing Sister
595With Scindia to Delphi
296The Love Song of Har Dyal
596"You Must n't Swim..."
297A Dedication
597Analysis
298Mother O' Mine
598Reflection
299The Only Son
599Memorable Quotes
300Mowgli's Song Against People
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