NCERT Solutions for 12th class: Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet flamingo poetry english
Keeping Quiet
Page No.95
Q. What does the title of the poem suggests to you? What do you think poem is about?
Ans:- the title of the poem suggests the importance of silence. the poem s about the importance of self examination. it is also an appeal for universol harmony.
Keeping Quiet
Page No.96
Q.1. What will Counting upto twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
Ans:- It helps us to stop and ponder and determine the right course of action in future.
Q.2. Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
Ans:- No, The poet does not advocate total inactivity and death he just wantes us to suspend activity for a write to see which way we are rushing. He knows inactivity in death and he does not want death.
Q.3. What is the 'sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem?
Ans:-In our breathless rush be have no time to understand what we are. We feel we are rushing to wards disaster. this makes us sad. But we don't stop and our sadness increases.
Q.4. What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?
Ans:- the poet uses the symbol of the earth to illustrate the point thet there can be life under apparent stillness.
