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What do you think the main idea of the poem is?
What is the “White Man’s Burden”?

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The speaker says to take up the White Man's burden, which is to send the best men abroad and your sons into exile to serve your captives. These "newly-caught" people are wild, angry, and both devilish and childish.
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