Well yes, the rhyme was important, but in my defence, everything in the poem is true, except perhaps for the mention of “...ears like Aunt Pat’s,” because, I’m afraid, I do not, and never have, had an Aunt Pat. Somebody must have though, and it is entirely possible that a porcupine has ears like hers! The thing which struck me about a porcupine, when I first saw one, was that it had ears shaped like a human’s. The second thing about it was the fact that it really looked quite scruffy.
But just imagine, what would a porcupine do to , say, a sari? Undoubtedly it would ruin it! All those spikes would shred it in no time, and all the hard work of the silkworms would be squandered and unravelled, only to be left trailing behind the animal like the tentacles of a Portugese Man o’ War! Personally, I’m convinced that this is the kind of universal truth which all great poets should aspire to – lol! It is equally true that porcupines aren’t camels.