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Summary, Question Answers and New Words. The poem was originally written by Pablo
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Pablo Neruda (1904 – 1973) was the ‘pen name’ and later, ‘legal name’ of this famous
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The poem “Keeping Quiet” written by Pablo Neruda discusses the need of maintaining Explanation
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The poem is written in free verse. It does not follow any rhyme scheme.
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First stanza
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Now we will count to twelve
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For once on the face of the Earth
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let’s stop for one second,

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and not move our arms so much.
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Keeping Quiet Summary – “Keeping Quiet” is a peace poem written by the Chilean poet
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Pablo Neruda. The poet asks humanity to count numbers from one to twelve – twelve
being the number of hours shown in a clock or the number of zodiac signs. He requests
everyone not to speak because languages create barriers between people. The moment English Writing Skills
when everyone stops moving their body will be very special and diderent as we have Analytical Paragraph Writing | Format,
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The poet says that in this period of inactivity the Kshermen would not harm the whales,
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the salt gatherers will not hurt their hands, those who are busy destroying the nature
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will adopt a new approach towards life, The men who are preparing for wars and victory
based on deaths of innocent people will join their enemy and stand in unity with them, Letter to Editor Class 10 to 12, Topics,
doing nothing. No one will harm himself or any other person. Everyone will unite and Sample and Example
ponder upon his acts and realize the results of his deeds.
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stand idle. He wants that there should be no war because he does not want to see
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trucks laden with dead bodies of the soldiers. He is promoting Universal brotherhood
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and peace.
The poet says that everyone is working continuously, to achieve one’s goals. People are Class 12 Writing Skills – ClassiKed
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He wants us to pause and come out of the mad rush. He wants us to be happy about
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When the people will remain quiet for a while, they will realize the purpose of their lives.
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Just like all the creations of nature undergo a rebirth with the change of seasons,
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1. The poet asks everyone to count up to twelve in their mind. The number twelve
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represents the hours of the day or the months of a year.
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languages, rather they all shall keep quiet and speak the language of silence.
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The poet here requests everyone to count till twelve in their own mind and to stop for a
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while. May be this ‘twelve’ referred by the poet is the twelve hours in the clock or the
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everyone not to speak any language. As we all know that there are diderent languages
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peace. So, he asks people not to speak. Not only this, he also wants us to stop moving
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our arms. By using the word ‘arms’ he means the weapons which are used by diderent
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Literary devices:
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Assonance: Use of vowel sound ‘o’ and ‘e’ (Now we will count to twelve, not move our
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Anaphora: Two consecutive lines starting with the word ‘Let’s’ Active and Passive Voice DeKnition, Rules,
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let’s not speak in any language,
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let’s stop for one second, DeKnition, Diderence and Examples

Alliteration: the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of 2 or more closely placed Direct and Indirect Speech, Format, Rules,
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‘we will’ – ‘w’ sound is repeated Determiners DeKnition, Types, Exercise and
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Second stanza
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without rush, without engines, of Tenses in English Grammar
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness. English Vocabulary for Bank PO Exams –
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would not harm whales
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and the man gathering salt
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would look at his hurt hands.
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Ksherman will also stop and not harm whales in the sea. This means that the poet is
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The poet asks everyone to stop those activities which are damaging the environment.
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Today all the human beings are making money by damaging the environment with their
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and environmental damage will lead to no life on earth. Rather, he wants people to
adopt a new approach towards life and mankind. He says that you should treat your
enemy like brothers and promote peace and harmony in the world.

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5. He suggests that by keeping quiet, we will be able to understand the true purpose of
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Now the poet wants to clarify to his readers that when he asks them to stop from saying
or doing anything, he doesn’t want anyone to become a non active person. Non active is
a person who remains idle and doesn’t do anything. Here, he simply means that we
should stop and see the consequences of our deeds. The poet doesn’t want to see
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Fifth stanza
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.

Explanation
The poet suggests us to take a teaching from nature.

1. As the Earth undergoes changes, in winter, everything freezes, becomes lifeless but
after some time, the season changes again, and everything comes back to life.
2. Similarly, taking a pause and introspecting into our lives will give it a new meaning. We
will be able to understand the purpose of our life. It will be like a re birth of the soul.
3. The poet has conveyed to all the people the purpose of his message and so, he asks
them once again to take a pause, count till twelve and walks out of the scene, keeping
the scene open for all the people on the Earth to experience this for times to come.

So, now the poet suggests to the human beings that we should learn a lesson from
Earth. During the winters everything freezes and becomes lifeless. But when season
changes and its the onset of spring season, everything present in the nature such as the
trees, birds, rivers, etc gets life. So here, the poet, by giving the example of nature, wants
to say that all the human beings should stop and try to judge their deeds. They can try
and make their life better with calmness, peace. Finally, he ends up by saying that now
he will count upto twelve so that we all may become quiet. Here ‘quiet’ means to calm
down ourselves and move towards the path of peace and harmony. After saying this he
says ‘I will go’. He says so as he has conveyed his message to the people and wants them
to be left alone to think about it and work in the direction of peace.

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Keeping Quiet Question Answers

Q1- What will counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve?

A1-If we count upto twelve and keep still, it will give us some time to analyze our deeds.
It will allow us some moments to think about the result of our activities. People in the
world are involved in wars and are also damaging the environment in order to achieve
their aims. Unfortunately this is taking all of us toward our own end. So, we need to
think in order to achieve peace and harmony.

Q2- Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?

A2- No, the poet doesn’t advocate total inactivity and death. He clariKes this in his poem
that he wants all the people to just stop for a while in order to analyze their activities
and their consequences. He wants human beings not to support war and damage to the
environment.

Q3- What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem?

A3- The sadness is the result of our own actions and deeds. According to the poet we all
are in a hurry of achieving various tasks in our life. This rush sometimes proves
dangerous for us. As we don’t analyze our actions, so we land ourselves in a number of
problems. These problems then become the reason for our sadness as referred to in the
poem.

Q4- What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life
under apparent stillness?

A4- The poet takes the example of earth to prove that there can be life under apparent
stillness. The earth never gets inactive. We experience the change in the seasons which
brings so many diderent things with it. In winters, things come to a standstill as the
water bodies freeze; the trees shed their leaves, etc. But as soon as the spring season
comes, it brings with it the lovely Nowers, Nowing rivers and a new life is given to the
nature. So, the poet wants to convey that we should stay calm but that doesn’t mean
that it will bring total inactivity and stillness.

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