Question

why does the speaker make a mention of elephants and rhinoceros?

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Answer 1

Answer:

The poet describes the elephant as an animal of great strength. The poet says that with a single "whisk of his nose", the elephant could uproot an oak and with a "wave of his trunk and a turn of his chin" the elephant could pull down a house or "pick up a pin". He could possibly be the strongest creature on earth.

Answer 2

Poem:

People often say to I,

smaller noses we have seen,

on elephants and rhinoceri!

Answer:

He mentions of elephants and rhinoceroses because people often say that his nose his bigger than those animals.