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Go through the poem again and write in your notebook an appreciation of the poem in the paragraph format.
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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 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)
‘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?
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’?
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.
- gift ..............
- the next day ..............
- a protective spot (for animals) ..............
- a cool shady spot under tall trees ..............
- ferns ..............
- edge ..............
- depression ..............
- cover for the dead ..............
- streams ..............
- poetry ..............
Read the poem and write -
Give four examples. Pick the line from the poem.
Consonance :
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Read the poem and write -
Give four examples. Pick the lines from the poem.
Assonance:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
