Transcript A Thing Of Beauty

A Thing Of Beauty
By : Aditya Kumar Pathak
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The poem ‘A thing of beauty’ is an extract
from his long poem Endymion; a poetic
romance. This poem 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.
This poem ‘A thing of beauty’ is an
extract from Keats poem Endymion. In
this poem John Keats depicts that a thing
of beauty is a joy forever, a joy even in the
mirth of diseases, sufferings and
disappointments of life. This joy of beauty
comes to a men through his senses…
…He is excited by the beauty of the
external world and therefore have
wonderful and delightful experiences. The
trees, flowers, streams, mountains, sun and
moon are all the objects of beauty and
they provide joy for ever.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
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A thing of beauty provides eternal and
everlasting joy
It leaves an indelible print on our mind and
we relieve the joyful experience whenever
we think about it.
Its loveliness increases
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Joy multiplies with every beautiful thought.
The loveliness of a beautiful thing increases
manifold each time we visualize it.
It will never pass into nothingness
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The joy a beautiful thing provides is eternal
The imprint it leaves on our mind is indelible.
Its loveliness can never fade away or die out.
But will keep a bower quiet for us
The poet feels that a thing of beauty can never
fade into nothingness.
2) It will store for us a quiet bower full of sweet
dreams.
3) Beauty will provide us with peaceful and serene
experiences.
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Bower : A pleasant in the shade under a
tree (Shelter)
And a sleep full of sweet dreams, and
health, and quiet breathing
The joy beauty gives us is akin to the joy of
a blissful sleep full of pleasant dreams.
2) Beautiful sights act like nutrition for relax
us.
3) It will drive away aggression and
restlessness.
4) Peaceful and serene experiences will be
enjoyed.
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Therefore, on every morrow, are we
wreathing a flowery to bind us to the
earth
Life on earth would be a pain without
beauty around us.
2) The poet feels that every morning we
weave a wreath of flowers which bind us to
the earth and make us live our life.
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Spite of despondence
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Life is a struggle where man often suffers
pain and loss of hope.
The expression refers to the sufferings and
hopelessness of man which he experiences
at various junctures of life.
Of the inhuman dearth of noble natures
Man is selfish and self centered by nature.
There are few noble people who have risen above
their petty differences and show magnanimity and
generosity.
3) Oh this earth, there is surely a dearth or storage
of such noble souls.
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Of the gloomy days
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Life is a struggle for success.
Our path towards success gets
abstracted by the deceit and selfishness
of our colleague.
We become sad and gloomy when we
have bad experiences in our lives.
Of all the unhealthy and o’er – darkened
ways made for our searching
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The unhealthy and over darkened ways
refers to the trials and tribulations in this
journey of life.
Lots of faith and disappointment are the
result of our own making.
Beautiful things make life worthwhile as
they lift the veil of gloom, finding way for
optimism and hope.
Yes, in spite of all
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The expression refers to all the
pessimistic and the negative thoughts
that abstract our way to happiness.
In spite of feelings of hopelessness and
gloom, we are able to find our happiness
in the beautiful objects of nature.
Some shape of beauty moves away the
ball from our dark spirits
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Beauty, in any shape or form, helps in
driving away the sadness and despair from
our life.
Beauty gives joy and happiness to the
human heart and takes away sadness and
gloom.
Such the sun, the moon, trees old, and
young
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Even simple objects of nature show
beauty at its best.
We can appreciate simple and serene
beauty in the sun, the moon, the trees…
Beauties of nature have on elixir of life.
Trees old and young sprouting a shady
boon for simple sheep
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The poet sees the tree, whether young or
old, as a symbol of protection.
Trees protect us from heat, intensive light
of sun, rain – they bless us with shade.
Sheep is a symbol of innocence and serene
beauty
The poet has made specific reference to
the sheep as symbols of divine beauty
(Jesus Christ was a shepherd – his sheep
his flowers).
And such are daffodils with the green
world they live in
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Meadows and pastures are beautiful and
support life.
True joy and happiness can be enjoyed
by looking at daffodils in these lush
green meadows and pastures.
And clear rills that for themselves a
cooling covert make against the hot
season
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Clear rills refers to the rivers and streams.
Their beautiful sight gives a cooling effect
which provides respite in summers.
The mid forest brake, rich with a
sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms
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The poet enjoys nature’s beauty in the
thick forest undergrowth.
The mid forest is brimming with
blooming musk roses.
And such too is the grandeur of the
dooms
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Growth and decay march hand in hand
they are two vital aspects of life.
The poet sees beauty in decay and death of
these beautiful things.
The lines beautifully bring to light
contrasting aspects of life – growth and
decay.
We have imagined for the mighty dead
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The mighty dead refers to those great
warriors who glorified death by embracing
it.
The poet feels that beauty is not limited to
birth and growth but can also be seen in
magnificent death.
All lovely tales that we have heard or
read
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Great men leave an everlasting source of
motivation to all those who read or hear
about them.
A glorified and magnificent past is never
forgotten, it gets recorded in the leaves of
history.
An endless fountain of immortal drink
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Beauty, in all respects, whether in
growth or decay, is a perennial source of
motivation.
It is like an endless fountain whose drink
gives strength and motivates us.
Pouring upto us from the heaven’s
brink
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Beauty pours upon us from the heaven.
Beauty is a divine gift, it is eternal and
everlasting.
It is an unending source of joy and
happiness.