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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DEAD STATESMAN by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: I COULD NOT DIG: I DARED NOT ROB
Last Line: MINE ANGRY AND DEFRAUDED YOUNG?
Subject(s): POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; WAR - HOME FRONT; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
I could not dig; I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?



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