does Pablo Neruda recommended total inactivity in "Keeping Quiet"?Discuss with example from the text.
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No, Pablo Neruda does not recommend total inactivity. The poet feels all our problems exist because of the mad rush and din in our life. The poet, in the above mentioned lines clarifies his perception of his point of view. He says that his vision about silence should not be confused with inactivity, lethargy and idleness. He wants active life; but it must be quiet. He does not want the quietness of death at all.
Lines in the poem that convey this idea:
'What I want should not be confused with total inactivity
Life is what it is about
I want no truck with death'
No, Pablo Neruda does not recommend total inactivity. The poet feels all our problems exist because of the mad rush and din in our life. The poet, in the above mentioned lines clarifies his perception of his point of view. He says that his vision about silence should not be confused with inactivity, lethargy and idleness. He wants active life; but it must be quiet. He does not want the quietness of death at all.
Lines in the poem that convey this idea:
'What I want should not be confused with total inactivity
Life is what it is about
I want no truck with death'