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East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling

Poem

East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling
The Ballad of East and West · 1889
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Topic
East vs. WestClash of civilizationsGlobalization
Medium
Poem
Time
1889
Person
Rudyard Kipling
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Current citation
Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.
Original citation
Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." Pioneer, 2 Dec. 1889.

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