Rudyard Kipling poem "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"

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Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Fuzzy-Wuzzy” is a late 19th-century British ballad that praises the courage and fighting prowess of Sudanese Hadendoa warriors while reflecting the colonial attitudes of its time.

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Rudyard Kipling poem "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballad ⓘ
literaryWork ⓘ
poem ⓘ
acknowledges British military vulnerability ⓘ
enemy bravery ⓘ
author Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
contains racially charged language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact contributed to British popular images of Sudanese warriors ⓘ
depicts breaking of British infantry square ⓘ
firstPersonNarration true ⓘ
form rhymed verse ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality British ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial campaigns in Sudan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice dialect spelling ⓘ
irony ⓘ
refrain ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
mentions British infantry ⓘ
square formation ⓘ
meter ballad meter ⓘ
narrativeVoice British soldier ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf Rudyard Kipling’s colonial verse ⓘ
portrays British colonial military perspective ⓘ
Hadendoa warriors as formidable fighters ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
reflects late Victorian imperial ideology ⓘ
stereotypes of its time ⓘ
setting Sudan ⓘ
subject Hadendoa warriors ⓘ
Mahdist War ⓘ
Sudanese warriors ⓘ
targetAudience British readers ⓘ
theme British imperialism ⓘ
colonial attitudes ⓘ
colonial warfare ⓘ
courage in battle ⓘ
respect for the enemy ⓘ
tone admiring ⓘ
colloquial ⓘ
wrote Fuzzy-Wuzzy ⓘ

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Hadendoa → mentionedIn → Rudyard Kipling poem "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" ⓘ
Fuzzy-Wuzzy → hasNotableLiteraryAssociation → Rudyard Kipling poem "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" ⓘ