The poet's purpose in writing the poem "The Hunting of Shumba" is: to inspire faith in fate.
<h3>What is the purpose of a text?</h3>
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.
<h3>Who is Shumba in the poem?</h3>
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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