A Thing of Beauty
John Keats
ANSWER TO TEXTUAL QUESTION:
B. Choose the correct answers:
1. According to the poet, a thing of beauty is ____ .
(a) a joy forever (b) a pain forever
(c) a suffering forever (c) neglected
2. Beautiful thing never “pass in to nothingness” means that they ____ .
(a) Never increase
(b) create unpleasantness between friends.
(c) never fade away
(d) always bring unhappiness
3. “Will keep a bower quiet for us” means ____ .
(a) will give us peace and clam
(b) will stop unpleasant sound
(c) make our beds fit to sleep
(d) reduces noise
4. Of all the unhappy means ___ .
(a) pain (b) neglect (c) suffering (d) ill-health
5. The sun moon, trees, old and young are the things that ___ .
(a) Depress us
(b) remove the pall of gloom from our lives
(c) makes us laugh
(d) give us oxygen
ANSWER:
1. a joy forever
2. never fade away
3. will give us peace and clam
4. ill health
5. remove the pall of gloom from our lives
C. Answer the following:
1. How is a thing of beauty joy forever?
Ans: A thing of beauty is a source of joy. It fills us with endless happiness. It gives us a sleep full of sweet dreams. It removes sorrows from our hearts.
2. Why do we suffer?
Ans: Everyday we make a garland of flowers. They are traps that bind us to this earth. These bindings keeps us away from eternal happiness. They fill us with gloom. So we suffer.
3. According to the poet, mention the evil things we possess?
Ans: The pall of gloom and the dark spirits are the evil things we possess.
PARAGRAPH:
How does Keats praise a thing of beauty?
The poet says that a beautiful thing is a source of joy. It fills us with endless happiness. It gives us a sleep full of sweet dreams. A thing of beauty removes sorrows from our hearts. The sun and the moon give us light. The trees give shade to the sheep. The daffodils in the forest make us happy. The clear stream gives us cool water. The musk rose is bright and fragrant. All these are things of beauty. They are a gift of God to human beings on earth.
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