.

What will counting up to

twelve and keeping still help us
achievee?

A) Counting to twelve and keeping still will

help us put a brake on rush of our life. It will
also help us to introspect, reflect and

experience silence and peace. In such moment

we can find solution to our problems and

predicaments.

Do you think the poet

advocates total inactivity and
death?

A) No, the poet doesn't advocate total

inactivity. Admitting life to be an ongoing
process, he wants that man's activities should

be positively channelized. Infect, man should

put an end to his hostile and destructive
activities and promote constructive activities.
 What is the 'sadness' that the
poet refers to in the poem?

A) The sadness the poet refers to emanates

from the isolation of which the modern man
has become a victim man. This sadness has
made man selfish. Thus, he fails to understand
the need of his fellow beings to lead a
healthful life. Instead, he threatens others with
the sorrows of death.

What symbol from Nature

does the poet invoke to say that
there can be life under apparent
stillness?

A) The poet wants to invoke the symbol of

automatic self-regeneration from nature. Life
remaining still in winter under the cover of
snow and frost in the form of seeds and
leaves, automatically comes from life in sprinng.
Thus, there's life under apparent stillness.
 What would be an exotic moment for
man?

A) The poet says that if man keeps quiet for

sometime, and indulges in introspection, doing
away with his progressive attitude, he would
experience an exotic moment. In this exotic

moment, he will enjoy the bliss of silence away

from the chaos of life.

What is the poet trying to convey

through the images of 'the fishermen' and

'men gathering salts'?

A) Through these images the poet is

highlighting the harm man is causing to nature

and himself in his efforts to add comfort to his

life. The fishermen cause harm to the fish and

the man gathering salts' hurt their hands in the

effort to gather salt.