Keepi

ngQui
et

ShortAnswerTy
peQuest
ions(
3
Marks,30-
40words)

Quest
ion.
1.Whichistheexot
icmomentt
hat
t
hepoetrefer
stoin‘Keepi
ngQuiet
’?
Answer.Thepoetr eferstothemomentof
sti
ll
nessandqui etnessasanexot i
cmoment .I
t
wouldbeanexot i
cmoment ,assucha
tr
anquill
it
ywilli
niti
atepeaceandbr other
hood.
Therewoul dbenomov ement ,
notalk,no
acti
vit
yandconsequent l
y,noviol
ence.

Questi
on.
2.Whatist
hesadnesst
hatthepoet
ref
erstoi
nthepoem ‘
Keepi
ngQuiet
’?
or
Whati
sthesadnesst
hatt
hepoetr
efer
stoi
n
t
hepoem?
Answer .Thepoetr
eferstothesadnesswhi ch
surr
oundsmanduet onothav i
nganyt imefor
himself
, t
hepainofnotunderstandingwhathe
orhisfell
owhumanbei ngswant .Hehasno
ti
mef orintr
ospect
ion;
asar esult,
hei sunable
toanalysehisownactionsandunder standit
s
consequences.

Questi
on.3.Whi
chimagesint
hepoem
‘
KeepingQuiet
’showthatt
hepoetcondemns
vi
olence?
Answer.Theimagesoff i
shermennothar mi ng
thewhalesintheseaandwar sleavi
ngbehi nd
nosurvi
vorstocelebr
atethev i
ctor
yshowt hat
thepoetcondemnsv i
olence.Thepoetwant s
thewarmonger st
ochanget hei
rblood-stained
clot
hestocleanones.Thepoet ’
srefusalto
haveanyassociat
ionordeal
ingwit
hdeath
al
soshowst hatheisnotinf
avourofanyfor
m
ofvi
olence.

Questi
on.
4.Whatsymbolfrom nat
uredoest
he
poetuset
oprovethatkeepingqui
eti
snot
tot
al
i
nact
ivi
ty?
Answer.Thepoetusesnat ur
easasy mbolto
explai
nhisideat hatt
herecanbel if
eunder
apparentst
ill
ness.Accor dingtohi
m, keepi
ng
quieti
snott ot
alinacti
vit
y .Aseedmayappear
tobedeadandi nacti
ve,butoneday ,t
hesame
seedmayt urnintoaf r
uitfultr
ee.

Questi
on.
5.How, accor
dingtoNeruda,can
keepi
ngquietchangeouratt
itudet
olif
e?
Answer
.Keepi
ngqui
etandsuspendi
ngal
lour
activi
tiesforabri
efmomentwi l
lgi
veust i
me
tointrospectandanalyseourownactions.We
willdev el
opanewunder standi
ngofour
surroundingsandt huschangeouratt
itudeto
l
ife.Wewi l
lcheckourdestruct
ivewaysandtry
tobemor epositi
veandconst r
ucti
ve.

Quest
ion.
6.Whatar
ethedif
fer
entki
ndsof
warsmenti
onedinthepoem?WhatisNer
uda’
s
at
ti
tudet
owar
dst
hesewar
s?
Answer .Thepoethaswr itt
enaboutwar s
againsthumani t
yandnat ure.Greenwar s,wars
withpoi sonousgasesandwar swithfir
ear e
thedifferentki
ndsofwar sment ionedinthe
poem.War sdogoodt onoone.Pabl oNer uda
feel
st hatsuchwar smaybr ingvictor
y,but
therear enosurvi
vors.I
tmeanst hatthereis
heavyl ossonbothsides.
Quest
ion.
7.Howcansuspensi
onofact
ivi
ti
es
hel
p?
Answer .Thepoetbel ievesthatsuspensionof
acti
vi
tieswi l
lall
owmant ointrospect,
which
canhelpt hem i nanalysi
ngthei rownacti
ons,
andinsol vingmanyoft hei
rpr oblemsbased
oncast e,reli
gionornat i
onalit
y.Itwil
lhel
p
them devel opanewunder standingofthei
r
surr
oundi ngs, andthusmaket hem mendt hei
r
destr
uct i
veway s.

Quest
ion.
8.Doyouthinkthepoetadv
ocat
es
t
otali
nact
ivi
tyanddeath?
Answer .No,thepoetcl earl
yst atest hathis
askingforstil
lnessshoul dnotbeconf used
withtotali
nact i
vi
t yordeath.Heper ceivesli
fe
tobeacont inuouspr ocess, wher eman’ s
acti
v i
ti
esshoul dnotleadt odest ructionof
fel
lowhumanbei ngsornat ure,butshoul dbe
channel
isedi
nar
esour
cef
ulway
.

Quest
ion.
9.Accor
dingt
ot hepoet
,whatisi
t
t
hathumanbeingscanlearnfr
om nat
ure?
Answer .Li
feunderappar entsti
ll
nessin
att
itudeisthethingwhichmancanl ear
nfrom
nature.TheEarthisnev erinastateoft
otal
i
nact i
vit
y.Naturecarri
esoni tsworkeven
wher etherei
sst i
ll
nessal lar
ound.Wint
eris
associatedwithinacti
vi
t y
,butthi
sisnot
actuall
ytrue.

Quest
ion.
10.
Whatwil
lcounti
nguptotwel
ve
andkeepi
ngqui
ethel
pust oachi
eve?
Answer .Thepoetaskseachoneofust ocount
totwelveandt henbequi et,
silentand
motionless.Thisquietnesswillcreatea
momentoft ogether
nessamongal l;
a
condit
ionwhi chisforemostf orthesurvi
valof
humanit
y,whi
chisi
ndeedanachi
evement
.It
wil
lal
sogiveusOne
anal
yseouract
ionsandt
hei
rconsequences.