What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo Neruda wishes for?
Poet Neruda wishes to have total inactivity. Unnecessary rush and hurry have troubled and tensed all of us. The noise of machines creates disturbance when everything is at rest, it will be an exotic moment. It will give us unusual feeling and all will enjoy sudden strangeness. All will feel one with all others and leave aside all the selfish ends.
Write down the Central theme in the poem “Keeping Quiet?”
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Why does Pablo Neruda ask all the human beings to keep quiet?Pablo Neruda asks all the human beings to stop all our worldly activity for a while and spend our few moments in quiet introspection. It will keep us to understand ourselves. We are in trouble because we always remain in hurry and rush. Let us withdraw ourselves from all undesirable actions and remain quiet. It will bring all together and a feeling of understanding will develop.
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What does the title of the poem suggest to you? What do you think is the poem about?
The title of the poem suggests that we must keep quiet for a moment. There will be silence and all will set together and realise the value of collectiveness. Here, we should not confuse ‘stillness’ with ‘total inactivity.’ Life should go on as it is doing about. Even the nature remains at work and keeps the earth alive which remains busy in doing some activity. The poem stresses the significance of mutual understanding and necessity for introspection.
Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow each:
Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
1. What can the earth teach us?
2. How will being quiet help us?
3. Why do you think the poet has used the capital letter ‘E’ in ‘Earth’ in the poem?
1. The earth can teach us how to live on it.
2. Being quiet will help us to realize the exotic moment. We will be able to do introspection.
3. The poet uses the capital letter ‘E’ in Earth to personify her with mother that teaches her words.
“We should neither speak nor move our arms”. Elucidate.
The poet urges us not to speak much by using different languages because it will create unnecessary disputes and discussions. Thus, the poet asks us to keep quiet and we should speak through our hearts. By moving arms, we harm others. Therefore, the poet wants to have rest and repose.
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