Question

analyse the first and the last two lines of the poem KEEPING QUIET.

what do they suggest to you?

Answer 1

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Neruda's poem "keeping Quite", begins with an instruction. The poet asks the readers to keep still and meditate, He prepares them to start the process of meditation wile he counts on. This process is talked about in the poem. He provides with various reasons and promising rewards of meditating. Once he has convinced the readers to enjoy silence and Introspect, he leaves them. The readers are left at a point from where it began, the poet starts the counting and departs. The circle is complete. While it seems that the poem comes at the same point from where it began, but it is not so. The readers questioned and doubted Neruda in the beginning, but by the end of the poem, they are convinced and satisfied. 

Answer 2

Answer:

In the first two line the poet says us to count upto twelve and be quite and peaceful for a moment. But in the last two lines of the poem the poet says that now I will count upto twelve and you will keep quite and I will go.