Summary of keeping quiet - pablo neruda?

Answer 1

 It could also suggest the hours of the clock. where it means the poet is waiting for that such a time to come, where everyone is at ease and after which the reason which he's here has been met with.

Answer 2

could anyone please explain the part 'Now I'll count till twelve/and you keep quiet and I'll go.'?

Answer 3

the main suggestion that i get from this poem is that  do not fight with nature .........

Answer 4

nice one thenku...

Answer 5

thankzz for dis summary..... by Ashik.M.Ashraf  ,XII Commerce, Al Mawarid International School ,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia ....

Answer 6

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Answer 7

the poet suggest  to one and all to suspend all their activity for a while, stand still and count upto twelve.
he wants all people on the  earth to keep quiet also for  a short while.  they must not speak in any language for one second at least ,  stand motionless, and not even move their arms
it would  be a strange  experience, a great historical event when the world will be  free from rat  mad race. no trains will move, no cars and no machines. all the people will be suddenly  united. they will agree for once on this point, forgetting all their differences.
such silences and stillness will have far reaching effect. people will get time to look inwardly and find  their own faults. this exercise will solve quite a few problems. fishermen would not kill the whales and the salt gatherer will get time to look at his bleeding hands . war industries will suspend their production of lethal gases and deadly ammunition. war, after all, benefits none. an all out next war will not  leave behind any survivor.
those engaged in war related activites will get some  time  to change their clothes and walk with their  brothers in the shade with  a cool head.
the poet clarifies that he is not suggesting total inactivity . inaction means death; action is the hallmark of life. life must go on. only war industry and violence should come to an end.
if people rise above the mad race for power and wealth for some time, and learn to sit at rest and ease, they will gain a lot. their cool thinking will free them  from tension and fear. they are in trouble today chiefly because they have never tried to know what will harm them badly. they themselves are preparing for mass destruction of life.
the poet invokes a symbol from nature to illustrates his point. the seeming stillness is not the stillness of death. it is time to prepare for a renewed activites of life. this is in keeping with the law of nature. in winter everything goes to sleep. the snow cover enforces rest for a healthy new life come spring, the plants, and the grass and the streams become active and alive again.
in view of so many benefits of a short interval of stillness and silence,  the poet calls upon all the people to join him in counting upto twelve

Answer 8

keeping quiet

This poem-KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda is about the necessity of quiet introspection and creating a feeling of mutual understanding among human beings.

In our present day fast moving lifestyle we people are least concerned about our own innerself and instead moving ahead finding faults in others. Today, we have reached a stage where we need to find the cause of sadness and the void that has filled the major part of our life marring even the happiest moments. Life today is all about wars and misunderstandings which is because of least knowledge of our innerself which can be achieved only by self introspection at some quiet place.

And believe me friends its a good way to know yourself and your dreams as i have tried this myself. So today only, find few minutes for yourself and let this trick work on you and you will get a new life with all your answers about life.

Answer 9

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