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Departmental Ditties: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

Departmental Ditties: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

Kipling, Rudyard

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1025593340
ISBN13: 9781025593340
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 668
Weight: 2.03
Height: 1.34 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Departmental Ditties: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses / the Five Nations / the Seven Seas is a definitive assembly of poetry by Rudyard Kipling, one of the most celebrated and debated literary figures of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This collection brings together several distinct cycles of verse that define the era's literary landscape and explore the vast reaches of the British Empire.

The volume begins with the satirical and observational Departmental Ditties, which examines the social and administrative life of British India. It continues with the legendary Barrack-Room Ballads, featuring the gritty, rhythmic voices of common soldiers and containing some of Kipling's most famous works, such as Gunga Din and Mandalay. The inclusion of The Seven Seas and The Five Nations provides a panoramic view of maritime adventure and the burgeoning national identities of the Commonwealth. Rudyard Kipling utilizes vivid dialect and masterful meter to capture the spirit of the frontiersman, the sailor, and the foot soldier. This work serves as an essential historical and literary document, reflecting the complexities, triumphs, and tensions of colonial life through lyrical and narrative excellence.

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