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What was the poet's purpose in writing the poem "the hunting of shumba"

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The poet's purpose in writing the poem "The Hunting of Shumba" is: to inspire faith in fate.

What is the purpose of a text?

The purpose of a text is the reason that an author wrote about a text in the first place.

Sometimes, it could be for any of the following reasons:

  • Self expression
  • To relay information
  • To forewarn etc.

Thus, it is correct to indicate that the poet's purpose in writing the poem "The Hunting of Shumba" is: to show how fate and chance can be helpful even to the mighty.

Who is Shumba in the poem?

The author of the poem - Kingsley Fairbridge in the above named poem give names the great lion that was being hunted the name Shumba.

Shumba had left the water hole but then a prey comes to sight and Shumba a lion characterized by strength quickly takes down the prey.

See the textual evidence for the above:

Name of Character:
"Lose-limb'd, he slouches shambling in the cool;

Head down, hide rippling over lazy might;

Thoughtful and terrible he leaves the pool —

Shumba the Lion, passing to the night."

Strength of Character:

"...The mighty limbs at length along the ground;

Steel muscles tightening —

A sense of harm,

Intangible... no shadow of a sound..."

Fate and Character

"...A leap — a scream — a thud;

And it is done....

A leap — a scream — a thud;

And it is done....

...Weird in the azure dusk. As had been will'd,

Chance brought him food; and Fate has been fulfill'd."

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