Question

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

 

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 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

A2. List any two things of beauty in the poem.

A3. List any two things that cause suffering and pain.

Answer 1

A1.

Cloud 'A'	Answers
(a) A thing of beauty	(iii) is a joy forever
(b) Endless fountain	(i) of immortal drink
(c) Hot season	(ii) rich with rose blooms
(d) Sleep full of	(iv) sweet dreams

A2. Two things of beauty in the poem are, the sun and the musk roses.

A3. Two things that can cause suffering and pain are called pall and spite.