Question

summary of the death of the wolf by toru dutt.​

Answer 1

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The poem "The Death of the Wolf" is from Dutt's A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876), and is a translation of an Alfred de Vigny poem. It describes the hunting and killing of a male wolf, and subsequently, the speaker's realization of the quiet pride of nature. The poem opens with a group of hunters trekking through the woods, having "already tracked" a family of wolves. Suddenly, "the oldest" among them crouches and picks up the prints of this family, "two wolves full-grown, followed by two cubs," in the sand. After coming upon the wolves, the speaker remarks that they appear as "joyous greyhounds," and he speaks of the she-wolf nursing her cubs as if she were a classical statue, a "marble image." Meanwhile, the male, father wolf strangles one of the hunting dogs and is killed by knives and gunfire. The male wolf dies with dignity and quietude, "deigning not to know whence death had come."

The speaker, upon witnessing this proud and calm death of the wolf, then reflects on the instincts of the she-wolf to protect her cubs and sacrifice her mate, which the speaker sees as more honorable and upstanding than the choice to surrender or become domesticated like a dog. Finally, the speaker considers human life in light of this realization, and comments that normal human life is marked by "vanity and weakness" because humans must depend on both others and "events." The poem ends with a call that the speaker imagines from the she-wolf to all humans, to "fulfill thy calling high; / Then after that, like me, without complaint, / Suffer and die, nor care to leave a name."

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Answer 2

The poem "The Death of the Wolf" is from Dutt's "A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields" (1876), and is a translation of an Alfred de Vigny poem.

• It describes the hunting and killing of a male wolf, and subsequently, the speaker's realization of the quiet pride of nature.
• The poem opens with a group of hunters trekking through the woods, having "already tracked" a family of wolves. Suddenly, "the oldest" among them crouches and picks up the prints of this family, "two wolves full-grown, followed by two cubs," in the sand.
• After coming upon the wolves, the speaker remarks that they appear as "joyous greyhounds," and he speaks of the she-wolf nursing her cubs as if she were a classical statue, a "marble image."
• Meanwhile, the male, father wolf strangles one of the hunting dogs and is killed by knives and gunfire. The male wolf dies with dignity and quietude, "deigning not to know whence death had come."
• The speaker, upon witnessing this proud and calm death of the wolf, then reflects on the instincts of the she-wolf to protect her cubs and sacrifice her mate, which the speaker sees as more honorable and upstanding than the choice to surrender or become domesticated like a dog.
• Finally, the speaker considers human life in light of this realization, and comments that normal human life is marked by "vanity and weakness" because humans must depend on both others and "events."
• The poem ends with a call that the speaker imagines from the she-wolf to all humans, to "fulfill thy calling high; / Then after that, like me, without complaint, / Suffer and die, nor care to leave a name."

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