In what way does a pindaric ode differ from a horatian ode?

Pindaric Odes, Generic Features

 Original impression of the genre (see Cowley, Dennis)

Wild

Originally in Greek

Irregular form, or formless*

Bold metaphors

Full of digressions

Huge, leaping transitions from topic to topic

Impetuous (energetic, driving feel)

Full of allusions or direct references to myths

Long

Although shorter than epic, shares much of the expansive reach through culture of the epic

Public

Declamatory

Often political and/or religious subjects (triumphs of kings)

Often panegyrical, praising the subject

although mowgli is no longer accepted by the pack, he will always love his mother and brothers.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,