Class-12th
Subject-English
Date- 16/07/2020
Day- Thursday
Topic- Short Type Q-Ans. Of Poem – Keeping Quiet
3.
Keeping Quiet (Pablo Neruda)
Q. 1 What will
counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
Ans.
The poet asks us to keep still till he counts twelve. He means to say that we
should stop all our activities for a few moments. It will bring us peace. It
will help us to continue our activities in a better way.
Q. 2 Do you think
the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
Ans. No,
the poet does not advocate total inactivity. Whatever he says that is connected
with life and activities. It makes clear that ‘stillness’ should not be
confused with total inactivity. Total inactivity brings death. His stillness
means stopping all human activities for a few moments.
Q. 3 What does
the poet call ‘an exotic moment’ and why?
Ans. The
poet calls the moment of quiet introspection an exotic moments. He calls it
exotic because it will give us very unusual feelings. We shall feel ourselves
as one with all others. We will come out of all greed, selfishness and cruelty.
Q. 4 What is the
‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem?
Ans.
Man’s sadness is the result of his own thinking and actions. He fails to understand
himself. He is always in hurry. He has no time to think over his actions. He
has no time for self introspections. That is why he often remains sad.
Q. 5 What symbol
from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent
stillness?
Ans. The
Poet uses the symbol of the earth. The poet says that in winter the earth
seemed to be death. There is stillness all around in this season. But later in
spring, it is proved to be alive. It is full of beauties and colours.