Keepi

ngQui
et

I
mpor
tantQuest
ionsandAnswer
s

Bi
kkey
'sTut
ori
als

Q1)Nowwewi
l
lcountt
otwel
ve

andwewi
l
lal
lkeepst
il
l.

Foronceont
hef
aceoft
heEar
th

l
et'
snotspeaki
nanyl
anguage,

l
et'
sst
opf
oronesecond,

andnotmov
eourar
mssomuch.

a)Namet
hepoem andt
hepoet
.

b)Whatdoest
hepoethopet
oachi
evebykeepi
ngst
il
l?

c)Whatdoeshewantust
odof
oronesecond?

d)Descr
ibet
hepunont
hewor
d,'
arms'
.

e)Whyshoul
dn'
twe"
speaki
nanyl
anguage"and"
notmov
eourar
ms"somuch?

Ans.a)Poem:
Keepi
ngQui
te;
Poet
:Pabl
oNer
uda.

b)Thepoetwant st
oachiev
epeacebykeepi
ngsti
ll
.Itisgener
all
yobservedthatmostoft
het
he
probl
emsoft heworl
darecausedbyourr
ushorhurr
y .Keepi
ngquietandsti
l
l wil
lgi
veus
necessar
yrespit
eandensurepeace.

c)Hewantsustoi
ntrospectandanaly
seourownacti
ons.Si
l
entl
yint
rospect
ingwi
l
lgi
vet
he
i
ndiv
idual
astr
angefeeli
ngofunityandtoget
her
nesswit
hallot
her
s.

d)Her
e,'
arms'hast
womeani
ngs.Fi
rst
,ar
msmeansourhand/
bodypar
tsandsecond,
arms
meansweapons.

e)Thepoetwant
sustosi
mplybesil
entforamomentandutil
isethatt
imetounder
stand
oursel
vesaswel
lasot
her
s.Besi
des,l
anguagedi
ff
erencesof
tenleadtoconf
li
ct,
whichthepoet
wantstoavoi
d.

By"notmoveourarms",
thepoetmeansthatweshouldnotmakeanyphy
sical
mov
ement
,as
phy
sicalact
ivi
ti
eswil
lst
oporint
err
uptourint
rospect
ion.
Q2)I
twoul
dbeanexot
icmoment

wi
thoutr
ush,
wit
houtengi
nes,

wewoul
dal
lbet
oget
her

i
nasuddenst
rangeness.

a)Whatwoul
dbeanexot
icmoment
?

b)Whywoul
ditbeexot
ic?

c)Expl
ain:
'suddenst
rangeness'
.

d)Poi
ntoutt
hewor
dsf
rom t
heext
ractwhi
chmean

i
)exci
ti
ng i
i
)machi
nes i
i
i)atonce

Ans.a)Thepoetref
erstot
hemomentofsti
ll
nessandqui
etnessasanexot
icmoment
.Dur
ing
thi
smoment ,
allact
ivi
ti
eswil
lcomet
oastandsti
l
l.

b)Itwoul dbeanexoticmomentbecauseitwi
llbeani nstanceofuniv
ersalpeaceand
brotherhood.Int
hatmoment ,al
lofuswouldi
ntrospectthroughmeditat
ionandthewholeworld
willbeenv el
opedinquiet
ness.Ther
ewil
lbenomov ement ,not
alk,
noact i
vi
tyandconsequent
ly,
nov iol
ence.

c)Nonst opacti
vi
ty,
unnecessaryrushandnoisehav emadeourl i
vesunpleasantandfull
of
miseryandpain.Wemustst optheseacti
vit
ies.Eventhenoiseofenginesandmachinesmust
stopforonce.Thenall
ofuswi l
lenjoyt
hesuddenst r
angenessofthatmoment .I
twill
bea
uniquemoment .I
nthatmomentweshal l
feeltotal
lyrel
axed,phy
sical
lyaswellasment al
ly.

d)i
)exot
ici
i
)engi
nes i
i
i)sudden.

Q3)Fi
sher
mani
nthecol
dsea

woul
dnothar
m whal
es

andt
hemangat
her
ingsal
t

woul
dlookathi
shur
thands.

a)Whatdoest
hepoetexpectoft
hef
isher
manandwhy
?

b)Whatwi
l
lthemangat
her
ingsal
tdo?

c)Whatdot
he'
hur
thands'
impl
y?
Ans.a)Thepoetexpectfisher
mentobecomeconsciousofthefactt
hatt
heyarecausi
nghar
m
tothewhales.Thepoetexpectst
hisbecausedur
ingt
hisexoti
cmomentofsil
enceand
i
ntrospect
ion,hef
eelsthatall
evi
l
swi l
lcometoanend.

b)Themangat
her
ingsal
twi
l
lst
opf
orawhi
l
eandt
endt
ohi
swoundedhands.

c)'
Hurthands'i
mplyt
hedest
ruct
ionthathumanshav
ecausedt
othemsel
vesandt
he
env
ironmentinpur
sui
toft
hei
rselfi
shneeds.

Q4)Thosewhopr
epar
egr
eenwar
s,

war
swi
thgas,
war
swi
thf
ir
e,

v
ict
orywi
thnosur
viv
ors,

woul
dputoncl
eancl
othes

andwal
kaboutwi
tht
hei
rbr
other
s

i
ntheshade,
doi
ngnot
hing.

a)Whatar
ethedi
ff
erentki
ndsofwar
sment
ionedi
nthepoem?

b)Expl
ain:
'vi
ctor
ywi
thnosur
viv
ors'
.

c)Whatal
ter
nat
ivedoesPabl
oNer
udasuggesti
nst
eadofi
ndul
gingi
nwar
s?

Ans.a)Thepoeti
sagainstwarsofal
lki
nds.Greenwars,
warswit
hpoi
sonousgasesandwar
s
wit
hfir
earethedi
ffer
enttypesofwar
sment i
onedinthepoem.

b)Thepoetwantst
oconveyt
hemessagethatwarbr
ingsdest
ruct
ionandl
eav
esnonet
o
cel
ebrat
evict
ory
.Noonecangai
nanyt
hingbywagingwars.

c)Inst
eadofindulginginwars,t
hepeopl
eshoul
dputoncleanclot
hes(symboli
singsheddi
ng
thei
revilway
s)andgooutf orawal
kundertheshadeofpeaceandtr
anquil
i
ty.Thiswouldbr
ing
thefeel
ingoftogethernessamongthem.

5)WhatIwantshoul
dnotbeconf
used

wi
tht
otal
inact
ivi
ty.

Li
fei
swhati
tisabout
;

Iwantnot
ruckwi
thdeat
h.

I
fwewer
enotsosi
ngl
emi
nded

aboutkeepi
ngourl
i
vesmov
ing,
andf
oroncecoul
ddonot
hing,

per
hapsahugesi
l
ence

mi
ghti
nter
ruptt
hissadness

ofnev
erunder
standi
ngour
sel
ves

andoft
hreat
eni
ngour
sel
veswi
thdeat
h.

a)Howdoest
hepoetdi
sti
ngui
sh'
sti
l
lness'
from '
tot
ali
nact
ivi
ty'
?

b)Whydoest
hepoetsay'
Iwantnot
ruckwi
thdeat
h'?

c)Howcanahugesi
l
encedogoodt
ous?

d)Whati
sthe'
sadness'
thatt
hepoetr
efer
stoi
nthepoem?

Ans.a)Thepoetisinfavourofsti
l
lnessorsi
l
ence.But
,hedoesnotadvocat
etotali
nact
ivi
tyand
death.Heclear
lyst
atesthathewantsallt
hepeopl
etojuststopf
orawhilei
nordertoanal
yse
thei
racti
vi
ti
esandt hei
rconsequences.Hewant
shumanbei ngsnott
osupportwaranddamage
totheenvi
ronment.

b)Thepoetcl
ari
fi
esthathewant
snoassociati
onwit
hdeat
h.Hei
sadv
ocat
ingst
il
lnessand
qui
etnesst
ointr
ospect
,nott
otal
inact
ivi
tyordeat
h.

c)Ahugesil
encecanhelpustoachi
evepeace.I
thel
psusinanal
ysi
ngour
sel
vesandour
act
ions,
int
err
upti
ngthesadnessoft
hreat
eningour
sel
veswit
hdeath.

d)Thesadnessisther esultofourownact i
onsanddeeds.Accor
dingtothepoet,
weal l
areina
hurr
yofachi
evingvarioust asksinourl
if
e.Thisrushsometimesprovesdanger
ousforus.Aswe
don'
tanal
yseouractions, sowel andoursel
vesi
nanumberofpr oblems.Theseprobl
emst hen
becomethereasonforoursadnessasr eferr
edtointhepoem.

Q6)Per
hapst
heEar
thcant
eachus

aswhenev
ery
thi
ngseemsdead

andl
aterpr
ovest
obeal
i
ve.

NowI
'
llcountupt
otwel
ve

andy
oukeepqui
etandIwi
l
lgo.

a)WhatdoestheEar
tht
eachus?OR,
Accor
dingt
othepoet
,whati
sitt
hathumanbei
ngscan
l
earnf
rom nat
ure?

b)Gi
veanexampl
eofwhatnowseemst
obedeadbutl
ateronbecomesal
i
ve.
Ans.a)Theeart
hteachesushownewl i
fespri
ngsfrom deadr
emains,andhowtherei
sli
fe
underappar
entsti
l
lness.Theeart
hisal
waysali
ve,evenwhenever
ythi
ngseemst obedead.
Therei
salwayssomeact iv
itygoi
ngoni
nnaturebeneathit
sappar
entsti
ll
ness.

b)Theear
thisthebestexampl
ethatappearstobedeadbutact
uall
yisal
ive.Naturecar
ri
eson
i
tsworkevenwhenthereisast
il
lnessal
laround.Wi
nteri
sassoci
atedwit
hi nact
ivi
ty,
butthi
sis
notact
ual
lytr
ue.