CBSE Class 12 English Thing of Beauty John Keats Assignment

A THING OF BEAUTY 

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow each: 1. A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness, but will keep

A bower quiet for us, and asleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Questions

(a) How is a thing of beauty a joy forever? 1

(b) Explain–“It will never pass into nothingness.” 1

(c) How does the poet attribute beauty for sound physical and mental health? 2 2. 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 :

Questions

(a) Who are we wreathing a flowery band and why? 2

(b) Why is the poet not happy with human beings? 1

(c) Explain “O’er darkened ways”. 1

3. Yes, in spite of all

Some shape of beauty moves away from 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.

Questions

(a) What does the word ‘all’ inline 1 stand for? 1

(b) Mention some of the things from Nature that move away from the pall From our dark spirits? 2

(c) What do the clear streams do? 1

4. 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. Questions

(a) What is the beautiful scenery that one sees in the middle of the forest? 1 (b) Why does the poet call the dooms to be full of grandeur? 1

(c) Whom does the word ‘mighty dead’ refer to? 1

(d) Explain ‘Immortal drink’. 1

Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each.

(a) Why does the poet call a thing of beauty as a joy forever? (b) How does beauty enrich human beings?

(c) How do we try to face the gloomy days?

(d) How is the man responsible for his own despondence?

(e) How do the daffodils and clear rills adjust to the hot season?