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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness, but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
(a) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?
(b) Identify the phrase which says that 'it' is immortal.
(c) What is a 'bower'?
(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?
Solution
(a) The loveliness of a thing of beauty keeps on increasing with the passage of time.
(b) The phrase 'it will never pass into nothingness' expresses the idea that 'it', which is beauty, is 'immortal'.
(c) The poet has compared a thing of beauty with a 'bower'. Just as a quiet bower gives peace to the mind, similarly a thing of beauty fills our mind with tranquility.
(d) The world is filled with negative elements which make our lives dull and depressing and bereft of hope. To counter this depression, we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives, which comes from a thing of beauty.
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