Poem analysis, please? by Henry Reed "Naming of Parts"?

Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,

We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,

WE shall have what to do after firing. But today,

Today we have naming of parts. Japonica

Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,

which in our case we have not got.

This is the safety catch, which is always released

With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not le me

See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy

If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms

Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see

Any of them using their finger.

And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this

Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it

Rapidly backwards and forwards

The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers

They it easing the Spring.

They call it easing the Spring. it is perfectly easy

If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,

And the breech, and the cocking peice and the point of balance

Which in our case

Poem analysis, please? by Henry Reed "Naming of Parts"?
This is nothing but a description of a gun's parts; the effect is created by lingering on each part in precise detail, and by the contrast between the violence of the gun's purpose and the beauty of its description.
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