Question

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire, victory with no survivors, would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines.
ii) What sort of wars are mentioned in the above lines? iii) What kind of victory will it be?
iv) How should the lovers of war behave?

Answer 1

Answer:

(а)The name of the poem is Keeping Quiet. The poet is Pablo Neruda.

(b)Green wars, wars with poisonous gases and wars with the fire are the different kinds of wars.

(c) It will be a victory where no survivors will be left to celebrate it. Such a victory will be meaningless.

(d) They should put on clean clothes and walk with their brothers under the trees leisurely doing nothing.