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What does the title of the poem suggest to you? What do you think the poem is about?
What does the title of the poem suggest to you? What do you think the poem is about?
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The title of the poem suggests the importance of silence.
The poem shows the poet's concern about self-examination and introspection. It is also an appeal to universal harmony advocating tolerance and selflessness.It refers to Nature that never fails to exist and is a testimony to forbearance.
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