2. Explain the phrase wars with gas wars with fire used in the poem 'Keeping Quiet'. *
Answers
The Phrase "Green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire" in the poem , " Keeping Quiet " means that the activities by mankind is polluting the nature and is contaminating the environment which is harmful to us.
Also, the nuclear weapons and chemical weapons created by man which is used against other humans are making the mankind come to its fatal end.
Explanation:
The poem Keeping Quiet is written by Pablo Neruda.
Here the theme is that if the people keep quite or stay in active for a while, then it can have considerable impacts on their surroundings. For example, if the boat don't hunt for fishes, then nothing will happen to marine animals.
Similarly, the given phrase refers to pollution. Authors says that burning of gas and fire is adding pollution to environment