A THING OF BEAUTY QUESTION ANSWER BY JOHN KEATS
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
It's loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quite for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and
quite breathing.
Questions
a) How is a thing of beauty a joy forever ?
= A thing of beauty is a joy forever because its loveliness increases and never will pass into nothingness.
b) What is a bower ?
= A bower is a shady leafy shelter in a garden or woods.
c) What kind of sleep is provided by a thing of beauty ?
= A thing of beauty provides a sweet sleep full of sweet dreams.
d) Name the poet of these above lines .
= Romantic poet John Keats is the poet of these above lines.
Therefore on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the gloomy days,
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and over darkened ways
Questions
a) What do we do everyday ?
= Everyday we are wreathing a flowery band to bind us to the earth.
b) What removes the pall from our dark spirit ?
= The things of beauty removes the pall from our dark spirits.
c) Name the poem of this above lines.
= ' A Thing of Beauty ' is the poem of these above lines.
Q) What makes human beings love life in spite of trouble and suffering ?
= Man's life is full of troubles and sufferings. He is the root of his troubles and sufferings. But there are many things in the earth which make human beings love life in spite of troubles and suffering. They are the beautiful things of nature. The things of beauty helps us to bind us to the earth with a flowery band.
Q) Why is 'grandeur' associated with 'mighty death' ?
= The noble deeds of the great and brave men who sacrificed their lives are the inspiration for us. After their death we remember them for their noble deeds. Being die they are immortal among us . That is why 'grandeur' is associated with 'mighty dead'.
Q) Name the things of nature that are constant sources of beauty.
= Nature is a store house of beauty. It is full of beautiful things. The things of nature that are constant source of beauty are - the sun, the moon, trees old and young, sheep, daffodils, clear rills, mild forest, musk rose etc.
Q) What according to Keats a thing of beauty never passes into nothingness ?
= According to Keats the loveliness of a thing of a beauty never passes into nothingness.
Q) What is the legend on which the poem 'A Thing of Beauty' is written ?
= The poem 'A Thing of Beauty' is based on a Greek legend, and the legend is that Endymion , a beautiful young shepherd and poet who lived on Mount Latmos had a vision of Cynthia, the moon Goddess. He was so fascinated to see her that he resolved to seek her out, and so he wandered away through the forests and down under the sea.
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