Many Inventions
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Parade of Monstrous Guns
Kipling’s short piece stages a noisy, threatening parade in which bullocks, byles, and elephants advance 'two by two' hauling enormous guns. The voice warns listeners to move aside as the procession—described in booming, comic diction—mixes animal imagery with heavy artillery. The effect is a vivid spectacle that emphasizes size, noise, and inevitability, turning military power into a grotesque, almost carnival-like display while prompting viewers to recognize its disruptive force.
Read Complete Analyses'Less you want your toes trod of you'd better get back at once, For the bullocks are walking two by two, The byles are walking two by two, And the elephants bring the guns. Ho! Yuss! Great-big-long-black-forty-pounder guns. Jiggery-jolty to and fro, Each as big as a launch in tow -- Blind-dumb-broad-breeched--beggars o' battering-guns! My Lord the Elephant.
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