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प्रश्न
Go through the poem again and write in your notebook an appreciation of the poem in the paragraph format.
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उत्तर
| 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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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the Acrostic with names of things related to Nature.
B____________
E ____________
A____________
U ____________
T____________
Y____________
Recollect a picnic or a trip to a spot of natural beauty (a hill station/ a beach/forest area etc.) when you were younger.
Write four beautiful unforgettable scenes that left a deep impact on you.
1.__________________
2.__________________
3.__________________
4.__________________
‘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.
Answer in your own word.
What does a thing of beauty keep in store, for us?
Answer in your own word.
Who are the mighty dead? Why are they attributed with ‘grandeur’?
Answer in your own word.
How does the memory of a beautiful visual scene become a joy forever?
Pick out and rewrite 5 lines that contain Imagery.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
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.
A1. Match the following words from Cloud 'A' with Cloud 'B':
| Cloud 'A' | Cloud 'B' |
| (a) A thing of beauty | (i) of immortal drink |
| (b) Endless fountain | (ii) rich with rose blooms |
| (c) Hot season | (iii) is a joy forever |
| (d) Sleep full of | (iv) sweet dreams |
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: - John Keats |
A2. List any two things of beauty in the poem.
A3. List any two things that cause suffering and pain.
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
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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)
