Question

this is question of class 12th plz answer this question describe the pun on the word,'arm'. this question is from keeping quiet.

Answer 1

In the poem the word 'arm' has two meanings. That is Weapons and our hands. A pun shows the different possible meanings of a word or different words that sound alike with different meanings.

Answer 2

The word arm means human arms and weapons or ammunition.

• A pun refers to a situation where a single word signifies two different meanings.
• In the poem Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda, the poet asks everyone to be still and quiet.
• He says "let’s stop for one second,  and not move our arms so much". This means he is asking everyone to stop using their weapons and stop harming one another.
• He wants that people who are harming nature and fishermen who are gathering salt from the sea should stop. People preparing for nuclear wars should also stop for a while.