The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles

The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles frames the Pekes and the Pollicles as implacable rivals whose conflict recurs wherever one goes. The poem’s title also promises an account of the Pugs and the Poms and signals Great Rumpuscat’s intervention; in the supplied passage, alarm among the neighbors precedes Great Rumpuscat’s dramatic emergence from a small basement flat.

Title and Scope

The title names the central antagonists and presents their conflict as a battle. Its accompanying notice broadens the scope beyond the Pekes and the Pollicles, promising some account of the Pugs and the Poms as well as the intervention of Great Rumpuscat. The title therefore establishes both a recurring rivalry and the arrival of another participant, without itself disclosing the battle’s outcome.

A Recurring Rivalry

The Pekes and the Pollicles are described as proud, implacable, and passionately hostile to one another. The claim that it is always the same wherever one goes makes their antagonism sound habitual rather than confined to a single encounter: the battle is presented as one manifestation of an enduring feud.

Alarm and Intervention

As the disturbance unfolds, some neighbors become so frightened that they start calling the Fire Brigade. The commotion is interrupted by a sudden entrance: Great Rumpuscat stalks out of a small basement flat, with eyes compared to fearfully blazing fireballs. This vivid arrival gives the promised intervention a concrete form, but the available passage does not establish what Great Rumpuscat does next or how the conflict ends.