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Go through the poem again and write in your notebook an appreciation of the poem in the paragraph format.
Solution
| The poem, 'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever' by John Keats is a part of the poem 'Endymion' composed just three years before he died at the young age of 25. The poem is written in rhyming couplets, and thus the rhyme scheme followed throughout in the poem is 'aabbcc'. The figures of speech used to enrich the poem include Alliteration, Anticlimax, Antithesis, Assonance, Climax, Consonance, Epigram, Metaphor, Personification and Repetition. An example of Antithesis is "Such the sun, the moon, trees old and young" where the contrasting ideas such as 'old' and 'young' are used in the same line to include all forms of living things on the earth. The central idea conveyed through the poem is that the loveliness in the things of Beauty gives us unending pleasure, and they will never cease to exist. One can keep relishing their sweetness irrespective of the limits of time and space. It depicts eternal hope because it frees the objects of beauty from any date of expiry. The best thing about beautiful things is that they help a person relax and give him/her a deep sense of satisfaction even in the worst of times. |
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Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in paragraph format.
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever :
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made for our searching : yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves a way the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in ; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season ; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms :
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read :
An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
Nor do we merely feel these essences
For one short hour ; no, even as the trees
That whisper round a temple become soon
Dear as the temple’s self, so does the moon,
The passion poesy, glories infinite,
Haunt us till they become a cheering light
Unto our souls, and bound to us so fast,
That, whether there be shine, or gloom o’ercast
They always must be with us, or we die.
- John Keats
You can use the following points while appreciating the given poem.
• Title
• Poet
• Theme/Central Idea (At least 2 to 3 lines)
• Rhyme Scheme
• Figures of speech
• Special Features
(Type of the poem, imagery, implied meaning if any etc.)
(At least 3 to 4 lines)
• Favourite line/lines
• Why I like/don’t like the poem
Read the following extract and do the given activities :
A1. Fill in the web with what passion poesy can do to you: (2)
…...................and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms :
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty deed;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read
An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
Nor do we merely feel these essences
For one short hour; no, even as the trees
That whisper round a temple become soon
Dear as the temple’s self, so does the moon,
The passion poesy, glories infinite,
Haunt us till they become a cheering light
Unto our souls, and bound to us so fast,
That, whether there be shine, or gloom o’ercast
They always must be with us, or we die.
A2. List the things which express sorrow from the extract. (2)
A3. Write down the rhyme scheme of the last five lines. (1)
Fill in the Acrostic with names of things related to Nature.
B____________
E ____________
A____________
U ____________
T____________
Y____________
‘Meter’ in poetry is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a poem. It gives rhythm to the poem.
Read the poem below aloud and with any coloured pen/ pencil put stress-marks ( ) on those syllables that are stressed in the words of the poetic lines
THE steadfast coursing of the stars,
The waves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year Spread upwards more and more ;
The jewel forming in the mine, The snow that falls so soft and light,
The rising and the setting sun,
The growing glooms of night,
All-natural things both live and move In natural peace that is their own ;
Only in our disordered life Almost is she unknown.
Read the poem and fill in the table.
| Sr.No. | Expressions of Beauty (joy) | Expressions of sorrow |
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 |
Answer in your own word.
What is the impact of a beautiful thing on us?
Pick out and rewrite 5 lines that contain Imagery.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
From the poem pick out words that we do not use often in modern times. They should match the meanings given below.
(a) gift
(b) the next day
(c) a protective spot (for animals)
(d) a cool shady spot under tall trees
(e) ferns
(f) edge
(g) depression
(h) cover for the dead
(i) streams
(j) poetry
Read the poem and write -
Give four examples. Pick the line from the poem.
Consonance :
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
|
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever : Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing. Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, That for themselves a cooling covert make |
(A1) Complete the web: (2)
(A2) List down two impacts of beautiful things on us: (2)
- _______
- _______
(A3) Write down the Rhyme - scheme of the first four lines. (1)
