Unit 7- Keki N Daruwalla: Wolf (KKHSOU BA-PASS 1ST SEM 2023)
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Unit 7- Keki N Daruwalla: Wolf
- Give a detailed explanation of the poem “Wolr in
your own words.
Ans: The poem begins with a vague image ofa form, a figure or silhouette lurking in the dark, in the wilderness as though it were hiding under the cover of darkness. This form is that of a wolf that haunted the imagination and thoughts of the poet as a child. Thus, the imagined presence of a wolf occupied the poet’s mind as a child as wolves were known to be hunted down at night by men. This imaginary wolf prowls in the dark with careful and calculated movements out in the dark and falls asleep on a bed of leaves, by resting its snout on its paws. The presence of the wolf (whether it is in the dark outside the poet’s home or in the poet’s imagination) happens to stir up an amazing sense of wonder and bewilderment in him. The poet describes the radiating presence of the wolf to a lit fire and to an unknown or unknowable myth.The mysterious form of a wolf (in trouble) captures the mind of the child in a very powerful way that it seeps (‘nudges)) into the consciousness of the child. You may very well imagine how certain mysterious aspects createa deep impression and reside in the crater of the mind in little children for a very long time. In the same way, the poet reminisces how as a Child, he nad been haunted by the ringing cries of wolves at hignt. these Cries were probably not the usual howling of wolves but the paintul ones when they were hunted down. it might have confused the child on how such a splendid animal as a wolfwho had the freedomof prowling around ts territory and hunting own food (“wind-snifler, throat-catcher) was now a victim I the numan world suttering the late of the ‘hunted Earlier, wolves were hunted not as much for game as 1Or numan Security in the villages. The poct’s village home was at the cuge or a lorest and perhaps, for this reason the cries ol the wolves were clearly audible to him as a child. In the days of his childhood, his mother would often narrate to him bed-time stories of wolves, describing how the sensitive cars of the wolves would pick up signals or any movements in its territory at midnight, out in the cold when dewdrops tell in the silence of the forest, You may perhaps know how animals are gifted with the Sense of smell whether for their food or for Their sense ol security. 1 he poet remembers how his mother would tell him of wolves sniffing into his dreams and leaving him a sense of emptiness as she tries to put him to sicep. Those were the days of the poet’s childhood but now there were no more wolves left in those forests as they were all killed by ruthless men. There was no more of those haunted presence of wolves or their tearing cries, all that was left was their absence alone. The dark bodies with lit eyes and radiating presence were long gone with their radiating presence. All that remained were images ol smoKing gunbarrels that stood for Violence and bloodshed ot innocent animals. The poet as a tather now to a little girl is only left wondering how there were no more wolves to capture her imagination or dreams as there were in his time.
2.How did Daruwalla begin his career before starting out as a poet?
Ans : Prior to starting out as a poet anda writer, he had begun his career in the Indian Police Service
- Name the work for which Daruwalla had received the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Ans: He had received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984 for his anthology of poems titled The Keeper of the Dead.
- When was Daruwalla honoured with the Padmashree?
Ans: Daruwalla was honoured with the Padmashree in 2014.
- What does the imaginary wolf do in the dark?
Ans: This imaginary wolf prowls in the dark with careful and calculated movements out in the dark and falling asleep on a bed of leaves, by resting its snout on its paws.
- What did the poet’s mother narrate to him in the days of his childhood?
Ans: In the days of his childhood, his mother would often narrate to him bed time stories of wolves, describing how the sensitive ears of the wolves would pick up signals or any movements in its territory at midnight, out in the cold when dewdrops fell in the silence of the forest.
7. Why did the English gentry take great pie in fox-hunting?
Ans: The English gentry took great pleasure in fox-hunting lt had increasingly become a favourite pastime of the upper classes. The foxes would be chased by numerous hunters and hounds until they died a painful death after many hours. The hunting hounds were bred for this very purposè and sometimess they tore the fox into pieces before eating them. Sometimes the head, tail and feet of the fox were taken away as trophies. But now animal rights activists are protesting against this bloody sport and campaigning to put an end to it.
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