Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
(a) Name the poem and its poet. 1
(b) What does the Earth teach us? 1
(c) What does the poet want to achieve by counting up to twelve?
(d) Give an example of what now seems to be dead but later on becomes alive.
Answers
(a) Name the poem and its poet.
Poem: Keeping Quiet; Poet: Pablo Neruda.
(b) What does the Earth teach us?
The earth teaches us to live quietly.
(c) What does the poet want to achieve by counting up to twelve?
The poet wants us to become quiet and do introspection by counting up to twelve.
(d) Give an example of what now seems to be dead but later on becomes alive.
Earth is the best example that appears to be dead but actually is alive.
(a) Name the poem and its poet.
Poem: Keeping Quiet; Poet: Pablo Neruda.
(b) What does the Earth teach us?
The earth teaches us to live quietly.
(c) What does the poet want to achieve by counting up to twelve?
The poet wants us to become quiet and do introspection by counting up to twelve.
(d) Give an example of what now seems to be dead but later on becomes alive.
Earth is the best example that appears to be dead but actually is alive.