The theme of this reading is facetiousness. As I interpret it, Kipling's poetry appears to be mocking the "white man." I couldn't find anything in Chapter 22 of the text pertaining to this reading.
I am surprised to read something like this. I didn't know that there were people writing this sort of sarcastic material. I assumed that people were serious, and they were either for or against slavery.
A good modern example is the 1984 movie This Is Spinal Tap. This movie makes fun of the rock music industry, something that was taken very seriously during the '80s.
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