Question

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:

What I want should not be
confused
with total inactivity
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death,
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving –
and for once could do nothing
Perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death.

The tone of the poet in the expression "perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness" is ______. 

Options

• unsure yet optimistic

• sure and confident

• poetic & melodramatic

• hopeful but not confident

Answer 1

unsure yet optimistic

Explanation:

Here, "perhaps" denotes uncertainty or lack of confidence, yet the outcome of reflection may be positive, opening the door to optimism.