The Daily Poem Podcast
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Rudyard Kipling's "The Lie"
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Rudyard Kipling's "The Lie"

Picking up with Kipling - The New Criterion

Today’s poem is all about the correlation between the elaborate architecture of a lie and the pleasure that telling it can give. Maybe an allegory for art? Maybe a playful confession? Maybe a political commentary? Happy reading.

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