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Very Short Answer
Questions: (1 mark each)
1. Who is the poet
of ‘A thing of Beauty’?
Answer: John
Keats is the poet of ‘A thing of Beauty’.
2. From which work
of Keats is the poem ‘A thing of Beauty’ an extract?
Answer: The poem,
‘A thing of Beauty’ is extracted from his poem ‘Endymion; A Poetic Romance’.
3. What is the
legend on which the poem ‘A thing of Beauty’ is written?
Answer:
The poem, “A thing of Beauty” is based on a Greek legend, in which Endymion, a
beautiful young shepherd and poet who lived on Mount Latmos, had a vision of
Cynthia, the Moon Goddess. The enchanted youth resolved to seek her out and so
wandered away through the forest and down under the sea.
4. What is seen as
‘a joy forever’?
Answer: A thing of beauty
is seen as ‘a joy forever’.
5. What according
to Keats never ‘passes into nothingness’?
Answer: According
to Keats, a thing of beauty never ‘passes into nothingness’.
6. What should we
do every morning?
Answer: We should
make a flowery band to bind us to the earth every morning.
7. What is the
‘Green world’ according to Keats?
Answer: The ‘Green
world’ according to Keats is the green environment of trees.
8. What do the
following expressions mean?
Bower, wreathing inhuman, dearth, pall,
boon, clear rill.
Answer: Bower: a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants
in a garden or wood.
Wreathing:
cover, surround, or encircle (something).
Inhuman:
lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.
Dearth-
a scarcity or lack of something.
Pall-
a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb
Boon- a thing that is helpful or beneficial.
clear rill- clear
water of a small stream
9. ‘Its loveliness
increases…..’
What is the poet
talking about in the quoted line?
Answer: The poet is
talking about a thing of beauty which loveliness increases gradually but never
becomes nothingness.
10. “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 a sleep
Full of
sweet dream, and health, and quiet breathing.”
a)Who is the poet of these lines and what is
the name of the poem ?
ans: John Keats is the poet of these lines
and the name of the poem is ‘A Thing of Beauty’.
b)Why is a thing of beauty a joy forever ?
ans: A thing of beauty is consist of joy. Its
loveliness increases and never passes into nothingness. So/hence, a thing of
beauty is a joy forever.
c) What is a bower ?
ans: A bower is a leafy nook. It is a shady
place under trees.
11.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite
of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
of
nobles natures, of the gloomy days,
of all
the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made
for our searching: yes, in spite of ail,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
from
our dark spirits.
a)Why do we weave a wreath ?
ans: We are wreathing/making a flowery band
to bind us to the beauties of the natural earth.
b)What are the evil things that we posses ?
ans: The evil things that we posses are the
inhumanly of the noble natures of gloomy days, and all the unhealthy and over
darkened ways.
c)What
removes the pall from our dark spirits ?
ans: Some shape of beauty removes the pall
from our dark spirits.
d)Find
words from the passage that mean malice
and low spirit from loss of hope or
dejection.
Ans: malice—spite,
low spirit from loss of hope or
dejection—despondence
12. With the green world they live in; and
clear rills
That for themselves a cooling cover 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.”
(i)What make the mid forest brake rich?
Answer: The mid forest brake makes rich with
a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms.
(ii)Why is grandeur associated with the
mighty dead?
Answer: The mighty dead who were powerful for
their ‘mighty’ and great. Their influences are also in the present and attain
more at the doomsday. So, grandeur is associated with the mighty dead.
(iii)Find Words in the passage that means
small streams and stories
Answer: small streams-rills
Stories-tales
Short Answer Questions: Type-A: (2 mark each)
1. What increases
continuously in ‘A thing of Beauty’?
Answer:
A thing of beauty’s loveliness increases continuously / gradually. It will never pass into nothingness and
always remain a joy forever.
2. What ‘will keep’
for us, according to Keats?
Answer:
According to Keats, a thing of beauty will never pass into nothingness and
always remain a joy forever. It will keep a bower quiet for us and a sleep full
of sweet dreams along with health, and quiet breathing.
3. What do the
‘clear rills’ make for themselves?
Answer:
The clear rills make for themselves a cooling covert against the hot season.
The ‘clear rills’ also make a normal and cool environment for themselves.
4. ‘A bower quiet
for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet
breathing’.
i) What does ‘bower
suggest here?
Answer: Here,
‘bower’ suggests a pleasant shady place under
trees or in a garden or wood.
ii)What
does……’sleep! Full of sweet dreams’ signify?
Answer: ‘Sleep!
Full of sweet dreams’ signifies a good
night's sleep with pleasant dreams.
5.What does the
poet, Keats wish us to do to keep our ‘despondence’ away?
Answer:
The poet, Keats wishes us to use or support some shapes of beauty which will
move away the pall from our dark spirits. It will remove ‘despondence’, the
inhuman dearth, the gloomy days, the unhealthy and entire/all the darkened ways
from us.
6. What
is the message that Keats wants to give through “A thing of Beauty”?
Ans: Through “A thing of beauty”, Keats wants
to give the message that a thing of beauty is joy forever and it always brings
us happiness. It also provides us the delightful and some satisfaction from the
gloomy, unhealthy and darkened ways of life.
7. How is a thing of beauty a joy forever?
Answer” A thing of beauty is consist of joy.
Its loveliness increases and never passes into nothingness. It always gives us
a bower quiet for us and a sleep with full of sweet dreams. Also, a shape of
beauty moves away our despondence, gloomy and darkened ways of our life. Thus,
a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
8.How
do we bind ourselves to the earth every morning?
Answer:
Every morning or every day, we are wreathing a flowery band or the beautiful
things in the world to bind us to the earth. We bind ourselves the beauties of
the nature and the environment to the earth every morning.
Short Answer Questions: Type-B: (2 mark each)
1.a) ‘A flowery band
to bind us to earth’? What is ‘a flowery band’? How does it bind us to earth?
Answer: A flower
band is a metaphorical expression which signifies the beautiful things in the
world. It binds us to earth by the presence of the beautiful things and
manners.
b) ‘Of the inhuman
dearth noble natures’ what do the quoted line mean?
Answer: By the quoted
lines, the poet means that there are lacks of noble nature or noble qualities
of people in this world. Few people are noble natures and most of the people
are inhuman and selfish for their evil ways.
2.How do the clear
rills make for themselves a ‘cooling cover’?
Answer: The clear
rills make for themselves a cooling covert against the hot season. The ‘clear
rills’ also make a normal and cool environment for themselves.
3.What is the
meaning of ‘mid forest brake’ in Keats’ poem?
Answer: Mid forest brake means in the middle of the forest
with thick mass of ferns (a flowerless plant) or bushes. It is an area
of brushwood in the forest where the fair musk-roses and beautiful daffodils
like flowers are also blooming.
4.Who are the
‘mighty dead?
Answer: The 'Mighty dead' are those people who have
already achieved great achievements for themselves or their people or their
country before died. We can say our Mahatma Gandhi, Maniram Dewan, Kanaklata
Barua etc for the mighty dead.
Short Answer Questions: Type-C: (2 mark each)
1.List the things of
beauty mentioned in the poem, “A think of beauty”.
Answer: The
beautiful things mentioned in the poem, “A think of beauty” are a bower, a
flowery band, the sun, the moon, young and old trees, a simple sheep, daffodils,
clear rills, musk-rose, all lovely tales, etc .
2. List the things
that cause suffering and pain.
Or: What are the
things of suffering and sadness to man.
Answer: The things
that cause suffering and pain to man in the poem, “A think of beauty’, are
despondence, the inhuman dearth, the gloomy days, all the unhealthy and over
darkened ways, the dark spirits, the hot season, the dooms etc
3. What makes Human
beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
Answer: Some shape
of beauty makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings. It
moves away the entire dark spirits and the sorrows of the gloomy days by the loveliness
of beauty.
4. What image does
the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?
Answer: The poet uses the image of
'an endless fountain of immortal drink' to describe the beautiful
bounty of the earth. According to the poet, the earth is like a
fountain which pours unto us from the heaven’s brink.
5. ‘A thing of
Beauty is a joy forever’. Elaborate.
Or: Explain the
line: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
Answer:
A thing of beauty or a shape of beauty is a joy forever. Its loveliness
increases and it will never pass into nothingness. It will keep a bower quiet
for us. It also provides a sleep full of sweet dreams, health and quiet
breathing.
6.Explain the
following lines:
a) A bower quiet for us…
Answer”:
By this statement, the poet expresses about a thing of beauty which provides a
bower or a pleasant shady place for us. It
brings us a sleep of sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing.
b) ……………..are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth.
Answer: By this
phrase, the poet mentions about a flowery band that we are wreathing in every
morning. This is a metaphorical expression which signifies the beautiful things
in the world. It binds us to earth by the presence of the beautiful things and
manners.
c) Some shape of beauty moves away the pall….
Answer: By this
statement, the poet mentions that some shape of beauty makes human beings love
life in spite of troubles and sufferings. It moves away the entire dark spirits
and the sorrows of the gloomy days by the loveliness of beauty.
d) An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
Answer: By this phrase,
the poet mentions the image of
'an endless fountain of immortal drink' for the beautiful bounty of the
earth. According to the poet, the earth
is like a fountain which pours unto us from the heaven’s brink.
God blessing you all......