The White Man’s Burden. “Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. . . .

Question

give me the main idea

Answer 1

The main idea of "The White Man's Burden" is that it is the responsibility of the white race to take on the burden of civilizing and guiding non-white nations. The poem portrays non-white peoples as primitive and in need of control and guidance from the white colonizers.