pls explain the summary of the poem"keeping quiet"
i want no truck with death if we werer not single minded about keeping our lives moving
what is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem ''keeping quiet ".
Explain the line " Victory with no survivors".
Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
what is the significance of 12 in keeping quite?
Why does the poet count up to twelve?
What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
what is the message of poem keeping quit (please elaborate it )
Fisherman 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 are the fisherman harming whales, a metaphor for? 1
(b) What sort of war do humans wage? 1
(c) Under what circumstances would men abandon the practice of waging wars? 1
(d) What does the poet hope will be the true and most significant outcome of this circumstance? 1
pls explain the summary of the poem"keeping quiet"
i want no truck with death if we werer not single minded about keeping our lives moving
what is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem ''keeping quiet ".
Explain the line " Victory with no survivors".
Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
what is the significance of 12 in keeping quite?
Why does the poet count up to twelve?
Questions
(a) Who are the people who wage green wars? 1
(b) How will the few moments of introspection affect the people? 1
(c) Explain the irony in ‘Victory with no survivors”.
What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
Why does the poet count up to twelve?
what is the message of poem keeping quit (please elaborate it )
Fisherman 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 are the fisherman harming whales, a metaphor for? 1
(b) What sort of war do humans wage? 1
(c) Under what circumstances would men abandon the practice of waging wars? 1
(d) What does the poet hope will be the true and most significant outcome of this circumstance? 1
Justify the title "Keeping Quiet".