KEEPING QUIET, VOCABULARY/ POETICS DEVICES,12TH ENG P-3 Flamingo

POEM -3

KEEPING QUIET BY Pablo Neruda 

       

1-Still = motionless, quiet (स्थिर), 

2-Exotic = unusual, strange (विचित्र), 

3-Rush = hurry, haste (जल्दबाज़ी), 

4-Engines = machines, motors (इंजन), 5-Together = united, collectively (साथ में),

6-Strangeness = unfamiliarity, oddity (अजीबता), 

7-Fishermen = anglers, catchers (मछुआरे), 

8-Prepare = ready, arrange (तैयार करना), 9-Survivors = remainers, endure (उत्तरजीवी), 10-Shade = shadow, shelter (छाया), 11-Confused = unclear, mixed-up (भ्रमित), 12-Inactivity = idleness, stillness (निष्क्रियता),

13-Single-minded = focused, determined (एकाग्र), 

14-Sadness = sorrow, unhappiness (दुःख), 15-Interrupt = disturb, halt (विघ्नित करना), 16-Teach = educate, instruct (सिखाना), 

17-Alive = living, breathing (जीवित), 

18-Quiet = silent, still (शांत)

19-For once - single one एक बार

POETIC DEVICES

Stanza 1

1-Assonance: Use of vowel sound 'o' and 'e' (Now we will count to twelve, not move our arms so much)

use of vowel 'o' (victory with no survivors, would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers)

2-Anaphora: Two consecutive lines starting with the word 'Let's'

 let's not speak in any language,

 let's stop for one second,

3-Personification- for once on the face of the earth,perhaps the Earth can teach us

4-Pun- A pun is a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings, or that plays with words that sound similar but meaning different 

arms having two meanings-weapons and body limb

5- 'Alliteration - The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables.

• Now we will count to twelve 

• and we will all keep still

• we would all be together 

• in a sudden strangeness 

• would look at his hurt hands

6-Repetition-without rush, without engines

Repetition: use of 'war'

7-enjambment: and for once could perhaps a huge silence........of threatening ourselves with death.

8-Antithesis - It is a figure of speech that places two completely contrasting ideas or clauses next to one another.

• Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still.

• as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.

9-Symbolism - The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

Now we will count to twelve (The number twelve symbolises twelve hours of the day or twelve months of the year).

Keeping Quiet 

Questions and answers, introduction 

https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/07/keeping-quiet-12th-eng-core-questions.html

Keeping Quiet - Extracts

https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/04/12-eng-flamingo-poem-3-keeping-quiet-by.html