12 Eng Flamingo Poem-3 KEEPING QUIET BY PABLO NERUDA 5 SOLVED EXTRACTS
FLAMINGO Poem-3
KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda
Extract -1
1. For once on the face of the Earth
let's not speak in any language,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
(a) Why does the poet forbid all of us to speak?
(b) What does the phrase 'on the face of the earth' suggest?
(i) The entire globe
(ii) On the outer surface of earth
(iii) In front of the earth
(iv) In the water
(c) Who is the poet?
(i) Kamala Das (ii) Pablo Neruda
(iii) John Keats (iv) Adrienne Rich
(d) 'Not move our arms' means……
(e) State whether the given statement is True or False.
The poet suggests that we should not speak in any other language, but only in our native language.
(f) Give an antonym of 'rush'.
Answers
(a) The poet forbids all of us to speak to observe silence to introspect.
(b) (i) The entire globe
(c) (ii) Pablo Neruda
(d) cease our activity.
(e) False
(f) An antonym of 'rush' is 'dawdle or slowness'.
Extract -2
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire, victory with no survivors, would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers in the shade, doing nothing.
(a) What is suggested by 'Fishermen would not harm the whales'?
(i) The fishermen would not disturb the whales in water.
(ii) The people will not destroy wild animals and nature.
(iii) The fishermen will stop their business of fishing
(iv) None of the above
(b) What do you understand by 'the man gathering salt would look at his hurt hands'?
(c) Explain 'green wars'.
(i) Warriors wear green clothes.
(ii) They hold green flags during war.
(iii) Deforestation/destruction of forests and plant life.
(iv) All of the above
(d) Give a synonym of 'gathering.
(e) 'Wars with gas' here means
(f) State whether the given statement is True or False.
The poet is addressing his enemies.
Answers
(a) (ii) The people will not destroy wild animals and nature.
(b) People will have time for their personal well-being.
(c) (iii) Deforestation/destruction of forests and plant life.
(d) A synonym of 'gathering' is 'collecting'.
(e) wars with chemical bombs.
(f) False
Extract -3
4. If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death.
(a) In which activity does the poet not approve to be single-minded?
(i) In studying (ii) In playing
(iii) In keeping our lives moving
(iv) None of the above
(b) What will huge silence do in our lives according to the poet?
(i) It will stop pollution
(ii) It will revive our lost wealth
(iii) It will kill our sadness
(iv) All of the above
(c) A word from the stanza which has the similar meaning as 'to stop the progress of something for a short while' is………
(d) State whether the given statement is True or False.
The poet emphasizes the need of introspection through silence.
(e) Give an antonym of 'huge'.
(f) What does the poet want us to do?
Answers
(a) (iii) In keeping our lives moving
(b) (iii) It will kill our sadness
(c) interrupt (d) True
(e) An antonym of 'huge' is 'tiny or minuscule'!.
(f) The poet wants us to keep silent and stop our activities for some time and introspect.
Extract -4
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
a) What does the poet want?
(i) Fishermen should stop fishing at all
(ii) People should wear clean clothes
(iii) People should keep still and silent for a moment
(iv) All of the above
(b) What does the poet mean by 'Life is what it is about'?
(i) Life is going to war
(ii) Life is action
(iii) Life is keeping still
(iv) None of these
(c) What does the poet mean when he says 'I want no truck with death'?
(d) The poet refuses…….
(e) What does 'confused' mean here?
(f) State whether the given statement is True or False.
The name of the poet is Robert Frost.
Answers
(a) (iii) People should keep still and silent for a moment
(b) (ii) Life is action
(c) The poet doesn't associate keeping silent with death
(d) the idea of total inactivity,
(e) Here 'confused' means 'misunderstood.
(f) False
Extract -5
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
1. Which Moment would be exotic?
(a) Quiet (b) Speaking (c) Singing (d) Dancing
2. What does he mean by without rush, without engines?
(a) Not to hurry and use machinery
(b) Static (c) Running (d) None of these
3. Which literary device is used in the above lines ?
(a) Metaphor (b) Simile (c) Epithet
(d) Alliteration
4. What does he support in the above lines ?
(a) Unity (b) Peace (c) Understanding
(d) Politeness
5. Why is poet in favour to stop rush and machines?
6. Why does he ask for being together in sudden strangeness ?
Answer
1- (a) Quiet 2- (a) Not to hurry and use machinery 3. (d) Alliteration
4. (a) Unity
5.He favours to remain still to attain complete silence and stillness
6.He wants to promote unity irrespective of class, gender, region and ethnicity
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