Chapter: 12 

 KEEPING QUITE
āĻ•িāĻĒিং āĻ•ুāχāϟ

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 1. What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?

(āĻ•িāĻšে āĻŦাā§°āϟাāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ—āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āφ⧰ু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)

Or

How will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us?

(āĻŦাā§°āϟাāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ—āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āφ⧰ু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ ā§°āĻ–াāϟোā§ąে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)


Answer:- The poet urges us counting up to twelve and keeping still. Perhaps ‘twelve’ here represents the twelve hour- marks on the clock. Most of the ills and troubles of the world are caused because of our rush and hurry. Keeping still will give us the necessary respite for peace.

āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŦাā§°āϟাāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ—āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āϕ⧰ে। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āχāϝ়াāϤ 'āĻŦাā§°' āϘāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻŦাā§° āϘāĻŖ্āϟাā§° āϚিāĻš্āύāĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāύিāϧিāϤ্āĻŦ āϕ⧰ে। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻŦেāĻ›িāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨāϤা āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āφāĻŽাā§° āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āφ⧰ু āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰⧰ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖে āĻšāϝ়। āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻļাāύ্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻ…ā§ąāĻ•াāĻļ āĻĻিāĻŦ।

2. Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?

(āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ­াāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒোāώāĻ•āϤা āϕ⧰ে?)

Answer:- No, he doesn’t. He makes it very clear that ‘stillness’ should not be confused and equated with ‘total inactivity’. Total inactivity brings death. But Neruda has ‘no truck with death’. His stillness means cessation of hostile and harmful human activities.

āύāĻšāϝ়, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχāϟো āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে āϝে 'āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা' āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে āφ⧰ু 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা'ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাāχ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻ•āĻĸ়িāϝ়াāχ āφāύে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āύেā§°ুāĻĻাā§° 'āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•োāύো āϟ্ā§°াāĻ• āύাāχ'। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•ূāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ•াā§°āĻ• āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąীāϝ় āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰া।

3. What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem?

(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া 'āĻĻুāĻ–' āĻ•ি?)

Answer:- Man’s sadness is formed out of his own thinking and actions. This is the tragedy of man. He understands so much but fails to understand himself and his actions. His rush and hurry case troubles. Man is the author of all disasters. Due to his thinking and actions he is always threatening himself with death.

āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻĻুāĻ– āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āϚিāύ্āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻšāϝ়। āĻāϝ়া āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϟ্ā§°েāϜেāĻĄী। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϝ় āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āύিāϜāĻ•ে āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•াāĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāϜিāĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āĻŦ্āϝ⧰্āĻĨ āĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āφ⧰ু āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āĻ•েāϛ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা। āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻĻুā§°্āϝোāĻ—ā§° āϞেāĻ–āĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚিāύ্āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āύিāϜāĻ•ে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻ­াāĻŦুāĻ•ি āĻĻি āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

4. What symbols from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?

(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•ি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āϜāύাāχāĻ›ে āϝে āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϜীā§ąāύ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?)

Answer:- The poet doesn’t want us to confuse ‘stillness’ with ‘total inactivity’. There can be life under apparent stillness. The poet invokes the earth as a living symbol to prove his point. ‘When everything seems dead..... Later proves to be alive’. The earth never attains total inactivity. Nature remains at work even under apparent stillness and it keeps the earth alive.

āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āύিāĻŦিāϚাā§°ে āϝে āφāĻŽি 'āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা'āĻ• 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা'ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āϕ⧰োঁ। āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϜীā§ąāύ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻ• āϜীā§ąāύ্āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ• āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āϕ⧰ে। 'āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŽāϰে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে...... āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϜীā§ąিāϤ āĻŦুāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖিāϤ āĻšāϝ়'। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϝ়ে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āφāύāĻ•ি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤো āĻ•াāĻŽāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āφ⧰ু āχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻ–āύ āϜীāϝ়াāχ ā§°াāĻ–ে।


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1.Why does Pablo Neruda urge us to keep still?

(āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āϕ⧰ে?)

Answer:- Pablo Neruda considers that indecent haste and activities lead humanity to wars, violence and death. He urges us to keep still to enjoy a few moments of peace, rest and tranquillity. Sometimes keeping still gives us the much needed respite.

āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āϕ⧰ে āϝে āĻ…āĻļাāϞীāύ āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻা āφ⧰ু āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒে āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϜাāϤিāĻ• āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ, āĻšিংāϏা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻļাāύ্āϤি, āĻŦিāĻļ্ā§°াāĻŽ āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļাāύ্āϤিā§° āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āϜāύাāϝ়। āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•াāϟোā§ąে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ…āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻ…ā§ąāĻ•াāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।

2. How can suspension of activities help?

(āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨāĻ—িāϤ āϕ⧰াāϟোā§ąে āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?)

Answer:- Man’s indecent haste has already caused a lot of problems. His activities have given birth only to chaos, war, violence and miseries. Suspension of human activities can help in restoring the environment and health of this world. Suspension of undue haste and rush can help in bringing peace and tranquillity in the troubled world.

āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ…āĻļাāϞীāύ āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻাāχ āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒে āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻŦিāĻļৃংāĻ–āϞāϤা, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ, āĻšিংāϏা āφ⧰ু āĻĻুāĻ–ā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽ āĻĻিāĻ›ে। āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ āϏ্āĻĨāĻ—িāϤ ā§°āĻ–াāϟোā§ąে āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻĻ্āϧাā§° āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ…āϝāĻĨা āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āφ⧰ু āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āϏ্āĻĨāĻ—িāϤ āϕ⧰িāϞে āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāĻ—্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻ…āύাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।

3. Why shouldn’t we speak in any language and move our arms so much?

(āφāĻŽি āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ•োāύো āĻ­াāώাāϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে āφ⧰ু āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻšুāĻŦোā§° āχāĻŽাāύ āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে?)

Answer:- People of this world indulge in unnecessary debates and disputes. The poet urges them to stop speaking in any language. They should speak through their hearts. Men have moved their arms only to harm others. Therefore, they shouldn’t move their arms so much. They should give them the much desired rest.

āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻ…āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻŦিāϤ⧰্āĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻāϤ āϞিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāϝ়। āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻ­াāώাāϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āϜāύাāχāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়েā§°ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąা āωāϚিāϤ। āĻĒুā§°ুāώāϏāĻ•āϞে āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āφāύ⧰ āĻ•্āώāϤি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšু āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšু āχāĻŽাāύ āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āφāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻŦিāĻļ্ā§°াāĻŽ āĻĻিāϝ়া āωāϚিāϤ।

4. What does the poet say about different kinds of wars? What alternative does he suggest?

(āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āĻ•āϝ়? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে?)

Answer:- The poet wants a total cessation of all kinds of wars. Green wars against the environment, wars with poisonous gases and fire must stop immediately. Instead of indulging in wars, the people must come out in their best dresses with their brothers. They should go out for a walk, enjoying themselves doing nothing.

āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϏāĻ•āϞো āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে। āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āϏেāωāϜীāϝ়া āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ, āĻŦিāώাāĻ•্āϤ āĻ—েāĻ› āφ⧰ু āϜুāχ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•্āώāĻŖাā§Ž āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāϤ āϞিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে, āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ­াāϤৃāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ• āĻĒিāύ্āϧি āĻ“āϞাāχ āφāĻšিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে, āĻāĻ•ো āύāϕ⧰াāĻ•ৈ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।

5. According to Pablo Neruda, what is it that human beings can learn from?

(āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাā§° āĻŽāϤে, āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•ি āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?)

Answer:- According to Pablo Neruda, the main cause of miseries and chaos in this world is the impatience and indecent haste of man. Human beings can learn a lesson from nature. Nature carries on its mission unnoticed and unseen. Life and living never stops on earth. When everything is dead, one thing remains eternally alive- the earth itself. Human beings must follow nature without indulging in indecent haste, violence and chaos.

āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাā§° āĻŽāϤে, āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻĻুāĻ– āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻļৃংāĻ–āϞāϤাā§° āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ…āϧৈā§°্āϝ্āϝāϤা āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻļাāϞীāύ āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰। āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϟা āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিāϝ়ে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύāϟো āĻ…āϜ্āĻžাāϤ āφ⧰ু āύেāĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ•ৈ āĻŦāĻšāύ āϕ⧰ে। āϜীā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āϜীā§ąāύ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦোā§° āĻŽā§°ি āϝাāϝ়, āĻāϟা āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϚিā§°āĻ•াāϞ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে- āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāύিāϜেāχ। āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻ…āĻļাāϞীāύ āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰, āĻšিংāϏা āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻļৃংāĻ–āϞāϤা āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻĒā§°āϤা āύāϕ⧰াāĻ•ৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ।

6. According to the poet Pablo Neruda what important lesson can the Earth teach us?

(āĻ•āĻŦি āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϝ়ে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?)


                                                        Or

How is ‘stillness’ not equal to total inactivity? Why does Neruda say : ‘I want no truck with death”

('āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা' āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āϏāĻŽাāύ āύāĻšāϝ়? āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ•āϝ়: 'āĻŽāχ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•োāύো āϟ্ā§°াāĻ• āύিāĻŦিāϚাā§°ো)'

Answer:- The earth can teach us an important lesson. The earth is never dead. When everything seems to be dead, it remains still alive. ‘Stillness’ shouldn’t be confused with ‘total inactivity’. Life goes on as usual. The poet doesn’t advocate for total inactivity, idleness and has no association with death.

āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϝ়ে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻāϟা āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒাāĻ  āĻļিāĻ•াāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻŽā§°ি āĻŦāĻšে āύা। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦোā§° āĻŽৃāϤ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—ে, āχ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। 'āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা'āĻ• 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা'ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āϜীā§ąāύ āϏāĻĻাāϝ়ā§° āĻĻā§°েāχ āϚāϞি āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা, āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ“āĻ•াāϞāϤি āύāϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϏৈāϤে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ•োāύো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ• āύাāχ।

7. Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death? Give a reasoned answer.

(āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ­াāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒোāώāĻ•āϤা āϕ⧰ে? āϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।)

Answer:- Certainly not. The poet doesn’t advocate total inactivity and death. That would mean the end of the world. Stillness should not be misinterpreted as inactivity, idleness and death. We should follow nature. Mother Nature continues its mission unnoticed and unseen. Life and living never stop on earth. Earth and nature remain eternally alive. But the stillness of nature doesn’t mean inactivity and death.

āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤāĻ­াā§ąে āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒোāώāĻ•āϤা āύāϕ⧰ে। āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤি। āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা, āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻŦুāϞি āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤাāĻ• āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āφāĻŽি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰া āωāϚিāϤ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύāϟো āĻ…āϜ্āĻžাāϤ āφ⧰ু āύেāĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āĻŦ্āϝাāĻšāϤ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›ে। āϜীā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āϜীā§ąāύ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āϚিā§°āĻ•াāϞ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āύāĻšāϝ়।


8. How can there be life under apparent stillness? How does the poet prove it?

(āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϜীā§ąāύ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে? āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে?)

                                               Or

How is total inactivity on the earth in the winter months full of life?

(āĻļীāϤ⧰ āĻŽাāĻšāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϜীā§ąāύেā§°ে āĻĒā§°িāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ?)


Answer:- Neruda doesn’t equate stillness with total inactivity. Under this apparent stillness there is life. We can learn it from the earth. When everything seems dead, the earth remains still alive. It is never dead. The life on the earth goes on as usual under the apparent stillness.

āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻāχ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϜীā§ąāύ āφāĻ›ে। āφāĻŽি āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦোā§° āĻŽৃāϤ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—ে, āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻ–āύ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āχ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻŽā§°ি āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϜীā§ąāύ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϏāĻĻাāϝ়ā§° āĻĻā§°েāχ āϚāϞি āĻĨাāĻ•ে।


9. Justify the title ‘Keeping quite’

'(āĻ•িāĻĒিং āĻ•ুāχāϟ' āĻļীā§°্āώāĻ•āϟো āύ্āϝাāϝ়āϏāĻ™্āĻ—āϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•)

Answer:- The title of the poem is quite appropriate and logical. The people of the world are always in rush and hurry. Their actions and reactions have led to untold sufferings and troubles. Keeping quite will do them a lot of good. It will give them the much needed time for self-introspection and peace. It will save them from many harmful and dangerous activities.

āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻļিā§°োāύাāĻŽāϟো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āφ⧰ু āϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϏāĻ™্āĻ—āϤ। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰ āφ⧰ু āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻাāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻ…āĻ•āĻĨিāϤ āĻ•āώ্āϟ āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ ā§°াāĻ–িāϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻš'āĻŦ। āχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āφāϤ্āĻŽ-āφāϤ্āĻŽāύিā§°ীāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āφ⧰ু āĻļাāύ্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ। āχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ•াā§°āĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°āĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ।

10.What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo Neruda wishes for?

(āĻ•āĻŦি āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āĻŦিāϚ⧰া āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļী āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϟো āĻ•ি?)

Answer:- Pablo Neruda dreams and wishes for an exotic moment. It will be an unusual moment. It will be the moment when mankind will be free from rush, noise and harmful actions. The noise of engines and machines will cease. It will be a rare moment of peace and tranquillity.

āĻĒাāĻŦāϞো āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āφ⧰ু āĻāϟা āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļী āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļুāĻ­েāϚ্āĻ›া āϜāύাāχāĻ›ে। āĻāχāϟো āĻāϟা āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াā§ąিāĻ• āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ। āĻāχāϟো āϏেāχ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϜাāϤি āĻ–ā§°āϧ⧰, āĻ•োāϞাāĻšāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ•াā§°āĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ। āχāĻž্āϜিāύ āφ⧰ু āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻš'āĻŦ। āĻāχāϟো āĻļাāύ্āϤি āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļাāύ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻ• āĻŦিā§°āϞ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ।


11. ‘Life is what it is all about ;.....’ How is Keeping Quite related to life?

'(āϜীāĻŦāύāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ুā§° āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাā§°;...। āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ?)


Answer:- Life and living continues quite unobserved and unnoticed. Under the ‘apparent stillness’, there are strong undertones and currents of life. Neruda doesn’t equate stillness with total inactivity. We can learn from the earth. The life on the earth goes on as usual under the apparent stillness. Similarly, ‘keeping quite’ is related to life and is a silent bliss for suffering humanity.

āϜীā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āϜীā§ąāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āύāϕ⧰া āφ⧰ু āĻ…āϜ্āĻžাāϤ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে। 'āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা'ā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ, āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āφāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°āϟোāύ āφ⧰ু āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦাāĻš āφāĻ›ে। āύেā§°ুāĻĻাāχ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāώ্āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āύāϕ⧰ে। āφāĻŽি āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ। āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϜীā§ąāύ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϏāĻĻাāϝ়ā§° āĻĻā§°েāχ āϚāϞি āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āĻāĻ•েāĻĻā§°ে, 'āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে ā§°āĻ–া' āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻ•āώ্āϟāĻ­োāĻ—ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ• āύীā§°ā§ą āφāύāύ্āĻĻ।


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