- "The Jungle Book" and "Riki Tiki Tavi" were very popular
- The controversial pieces like "The White Man's Burden" weren't translated until after Kipling's death
Also, "The White Man's Burden" is viewed with a bit of distance. Few in America remember the context in which it was written, and that context is as important as the text of the poem if not more so. It was an argument for America subjugating the Philippines. Mark Twain wrote a poem to counter imperialism and that argument. Later Americans managed to both defeat the Philippines and cancel both poets :)
- Russians like poetry that actually rhymes
- "The Jungle Book" and "Riki Tiki Tavi" were very popular
- The controversial pieces like "The White Man's Burden" weren't translated until after Kipling's death
Also, "The White Man's Burden" is viewed with a bit of distance. Few in America remember the context in which it was written, and that context is as important as the text of the poem if not more so. It was an argument for America subjugating the Philippines. Mark Twain wrote a poem to counter imperialism and that argument. Later Americans managed to both defeat the Philippines and cancel both poets :)