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KEEPING QUIET-PABLO NERUDA

ASSIGNMENT

Extracts (1x4 marks each)

1. Now we will count to twelve
and we will keep still
for once on the face of the Earth
lets not speak in any language
and not move our arms so much.

i. What does counting till twelve imply?
ii. What advantages does the poet see in keeping quiet?
iii. How would humanity benefit if people did not speak in any language?

iv. Name the Poem & the Poet?

2. It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

i.What would be an exotic moment for the poet?
ii. Explain without rush, without engines?
iii.Explain sudden strangeness
iv.How can man experiences this exotic moment .

3. Fishermen in the…………………..hurt hands

i. What does the poet expect of the fishermen and why?
ii. What will the man gathering salt do?
iii. What do the hurt hands imply?
iv. Is here the poet’s careful approach to save the environment?

4. Those who Prepare Green wars,
Work with Gas, wars with fire, victory with no survivor
Would Put on clean clothes and work about with their brother
in the shade doing nothing

i. Whom does 'Those' refer to here?
ii. Explain green wars, wars with gas, and wars with fire?