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Keeping Quiet Summary :-

The poet, Pablo Neruda indicates us to keep silent and count to twelve. He desires that we should not speak in any language of the earth and also we should not move our arms so much for a second.
    ( কবি, Pablo Neruda ই নিৰৱে থাকিবলৈ আৰু বাৰ লৈকে গণিবলৈ আমাক পৰামৰ্শ আগবঢ়ায়। তেখেতে ইচ্ছা প্ৰকাশ কৰে যে এক ছেকেণ্ডৰ বাবে আমি পৃথিৱীৰ কোনো ভাষাতেই কথা নাপাতো আৰু আমাৰ বাহুবোৰ বেছি লৰচৰ নকৰোঁ ।)

    He wants an 'exotic moment' where there would be no crowd or noise. There would be no sound of any engines or machines. All the people of the world would be together and enjoy the sudden strangeness. He wants that the fishermen also enjoy this fascinating moment without harm the whales in the cold sea. The men gathering salt are asked to take care of their own hurt hands.
     ( তেওঁ বিচাৰে এটা অদ্ভুত মুহূৰ্ত যত কোনো ধৰণৰ খৰধৰ নাইবা গণ্ডগোল নাথাকিব । যত কোনো ধৰণৰ যন্ত্ৰৰ শব্দ নাথাকিব । পৃথিৱীৰ সকলো মানুহ একেলগ হব আৰু এই আচৰিত সময়খিনি উপভোগ কৰিব । তেওঁ বিচাৰে যে মাছমৰীয়াসকলেও সেই শীতল সাগৰত থকা তিমি মাছবোৰক আঘাত নকৰি এই আকৰ্ষণীয় মুহূৰ্ত উপভোগ কৰিব । নিমখ গোটাই থকা মানুহবোৰক সিহঁতৰ আঘাতপ্ৰাপ্ত হাতৰ যত্ন লবলৈ কৈছে ।)

    The poet suggests the people, who create different types of wars like green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire, to stop these valueless wars, because, after the war, there would be no living being to enjoy the victory. So, the people should come out in their clean dresses and walk in the shade with their brothers instead of fighting wars. They must enjoy the amazing situation.
     ( কবিয়ে মানুহক বিভিন্ন ধৰণৰ যোদ্ধ যেনে- সেউজ যুদ্ধ, বিষাক্ত গেছৰ যুদ্ধ, আগ্নেয়াস্ত্ৰৰ যুদ্ধ আদি বন্ধ কৰিবলৈ পৰামৰ্শ আগবঢ়াইছে । এই যুদ্ধবোৰ অৰ্থহীন । কাৰণ, যুদ্ধৰ পিছত, যুদ্ধত জয়ী হোৱাৰ আনন্দ উপভোগ কৰিবলৈ কোনেও জীয়াই নাথাকে । সেয়েহে সকলো মানুহ পৰিষ্কাৰ পৰিচ্ছন্ন কাপোৰ পিন্ধি ওলাই আহি যুদ্ধৰ পৰিৱৰ্তে সিহঁতৰ ককায়েকৰ সৈতে খোজকাঢ়ক । সিহঁতেও এই আচৰিত সময়ছোৱা উপভোগ কৰক।)

    The poet doesn't want silence to be confused with total inactivity. According to the poet, total inactivity means death or the end of everything and he has no relationship with death. We should learn to take rest for a while. Because, when men become sad, when they are unable to understand themselves, they feel helpless and threaten themselves with death, a huge silence can remove all these. Human being can learn a lesson from the earth that when everything seems to be dead only one thing remains alive and it is the earth itself.
     ( কবিয়ে নীৰৱতাক সম্পূৰ্ণ নিষ্ক্ৰিয়তাৰ লগত খেলি-মেলি নিবিচাৰে । কবিৰ মতে, সম্পূৰ্ণ নিষ্ক্ৰিয়তা মানে মৃত্যু নাইবা একেবাৰে পৰিসমাপ্তি আৰু মৃত্যুৰ সৈতে কবিৰ কোনো সম্পৰ্ক নাই । আমি অলপ সময়ৰ বাবে হলেও জিৰণি লোৱা উচিত । কাৰণ যেতিয়া মানুহ দুখী হয়, যেতিয়া সিহঁত নিজে নিজে বুজিবলৈ অসমৰ্থ হয়, যেতিয়া সিহঁত অসহায় অনুভৱ কৰে আৰু মৃত্যুৰ প্ৰতি ভয় অনুভৱ কৰে, তেতিয়া এক বিশাল নিৰৱতাই এই সকলোবোৰ দূৰ কৰিব পাৰে । মানৱ জাতিয়ে এই পৃথীৰ পৰা এটা কথা জানিব পাৰে, যেতিয়া সকলোবোৰ মৃত যেন লাগে, তেতিয়াও এটা বস্তু জীৱিত হৈ থাকে । এইখনেই পৃথিৱী ।)

    At last, the poet wants us all to keep quiet and experience the moment of realization and peace. He will go and pass on the message to other group of people.
     ( অৱশেষত, আমি নিৰৱ আৰু শান্তি আৰু সাধনাৰ অভিজ্ঞতা লোৱাটো কবিয়ে বিচাৰে । তেওঁ গুচি যাব আৰু আন মানুহকো এই মেছেজটো অৱগত কৰিব ।

Textual Question Answer :-

Question : What's going to counting up to 12 and keeping still help us achieve ?

Ans: The poet Pablo Neruda wishes
to count twelve, because at the moment of counting, all the people of the world keep silent and it would be an 'exotic moment' without rush and noise. It would be help us understand ourselves. The silence will prevent the sadness and help integrate the whole world.

Question : Does anyone think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?

Ans: No, the poet doesn't advocate total inactivity and death. The poet refuses to deal with death. Total. inactivity means death which the peet never likes. The poet wants silence and calmness on earth. The poet feels that life is what activity is about. He advocates for stillness and activity, not for death and inactivity.

Question : What's the 'sadness' that the poet refers to within the poem, "Keeping Quiet?

Ana: 'Sadness' is a kind of tragedy of human beings. Our sadness is formed out of our own thinking and actions. we fail to understand ourselves and our actions. Our rush and speed cause troubles. Due to our thinking and action we are always threatening ourselves with death.

Question : What symbol from nature does the poet invoke to mention that there are often life under apparent stillness?

Ans: The poet, Pablo Neruda says that there can be life under apparent stillness. When we noticed from an outer view that the earth is motionless, in simply, it seems not alive, it is dead, but it keeps every living being alive, which lives here on earth. The earth never retains total inactivity. Nature works as a disguise of clear stillness and keeps the earth alive.

Extra Question Answer :-

Question : Why do men become sad? How can this sadness be overcome ?

Ans:- Men fail to understand themselves. They are always threatening themselves with death. When they don't understand themselves they become sad. A long silence might remove this sadness and make them good.

Question : Why does Neruda urge us to stay still ?

Ans : Stillness is important for reflection and quiet introspection. We can hear the voice of our conscience and thus withdraw ourselves from undesirable actions and contribute to make a society of peace and mutual affection.

Question : "Under the apparent stillness there is a life". justity.

Ans: The poet doesn't want to equate stillness with total inactivity. Under the apparent stillness there is life. We can learn it from the world when everything seems dead, the world still remains alive. The life on earth goes on under the apparent stillness.

Question : Explain-"you keep quiet and
I will go".

Ans: The poet wants us all to keep quiet and experience the moment of realisation and peace. He will go and forward the message to a different group of public.

Question : What is the meaning of 'want no truck with death'?

Ans : The poet denies to cooperate with death. He doesn't want silence to be confused with total inactivity which brings death. He looks for silence and a delay of all activities, he doesn't want death but a silent situation for self-devotion about life.

Question : About what are we so single-minded ?

Ans : We are single-minded about just continuing our lives running and achieving progress, which is valueless. When we become single-minded, it brings a lot of sadness and isolation.

Question : What is considered to be an 'exotic moment' in the poem ?

Ans : When all the people of the world would be together and enjoy the silent atmosphere, that would be an 'exotic moment'. There would be no hurry or sound of any engines. There would be just an extraordinary calmness in the whole world. People would be away from the crowd and rush of modern life. That moment would be a very fascinating and strange moment.