| It seems to require multiple readings to understand what Kipling is saying in this one. And I'm not sure I fully get his point. I like the idea of opening up conversations about the difference between men and women. It's one of those topics that is perfect for this mostly anonymous forum. Love Kipling's poem Gunga Din and one of the most beautiful love stories ever written, I think, is Without Benefit of Clergy. |
I had a literature professor explain it this way.
“Literature is like a donut. The hole is what is in the piece, the donut is what the piece may mean and there there is everything else. You job is to decided what is donut and what is everything else.”
To me this is a tribute to Motherhood and the awful fury engaged when her child is endangered.
Modern life, especially modern media, has so trashed the concept of Motherhood, it no longer commands the respect it commands by right.
Kipling got it right in my opinion.