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    In the poem "Keeping Quiet", The poet wishes peace & prosperity for all his fellow human beings. He requests all of them to stop everything for a while & remain silent so as to introspect their lives & their self centered nature. These actions would prevent people who are preparing themsRead more

    In the poem “Keeping Quiet”, The poet wishes peace & prosperity for all his fellow human beings. He requests all of them to stop everything for a while & remain silent so as to introspect their lives & their self centered nature. These actions would prevent people who are preparing themselves for green wars, wars with fire etc as there are no winners in a war. This displays the poet’s frustration of the wars taking innocent lives. Hence he wishes a moment of introspection & not lifeless living/ Death.

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