Cynthia “The moon goddess”Cynthia “The moon goddess”

The Poet John Keats

A thing of beauty is a joy foreverIts loveliness increases,it will neverPass into nothingness,but will keepA bower quiet for us, and a sleepFull of sweet dreams,and health, and a quiet breathing.

The poem

A bower

Q.1.What is the poet’s opinion about a thing of beauty?Q.2What do you understand by “Its loveliness increases’it will never pass into nothingness”?Q.3What do you mean by a bower?Q.4.What does a bower give us?Q.5.Find words in the above lines which mean:1) the quality of a thing that gives pleasure to the senses (2) shady trees (3) emptinessQ,6. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Lines Written in Early SpringLines Written in Early SpringBy William WordsworthBy William Wordsworth

I heard a thousand blended notesI heard a thousand blended notes While in a grove I sat reclinedWhile in a grove I sat reclined In that sweet mood when pleasant In that sweet mood when pleasant

thoughtsthoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mindBring sad thoughts to the mind

The birds around me hopped and playedThe birds around me hopped and played their thoughts I cannot measuretheir thoughts I cannot measure But the least motion which they madeBut the least motion which they made aIt seemed a thrill of pleasureaIt seemed a thrill of pleasure

Q.1 Rearrange the lines in proper order:-

Pass into nothingness; but will keepFull of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing.

Its loveliness increases,it will neverA bower quiet for us, and a sleepA thing of beauty is a joy forever

For simple sheep; and such are For simple sheep; and such are daffodilsdaffodils

With the green world they live in; and clear With the green world they live in; and clear rillsrills

That for themselves a cooling covert makeThat for themselves a cooling covert make

‘‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,

Rich with a sprinkling of Rich with a sprinkling of fair fair musk-rosemusk-rose blooms, blooms,

And such too is the And such too is the grandeur of the doomsgrandeur of the dooms

We have imagined for the We have imagined for the mighty dead ;mighty dead ;

All lovely tales that we All lovely tales that we have heard or read;have heard or read;

An endless fountain of An endless fountain of immortal drink immortal drink

Pouring unto us from the Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.heaven’s brink.

Explain: ‘the grandeur of the dooms’Explain: ‘the grandeur of the dooms’

What is the source of the ‘endless What is the source of the ‘endless fountain of immortal drink’ ?fountain of immortal drink’ ?

What is the effect of that immortal What is the effect of that immortal drink on us ?drink on us ?

Find words which mean i)magnificence Find words which mean i)magnificence ii)stories iii)that never dies iv)edgeii)stories iii)that never dies iv)edge

Therefore on every morrow,are we wreathingA flowery band to bind us to the earth,Spite of despondence,of the inhuman dearthOf noble natures,of the gloomy days,Of all the unhealthy and over-darkened waysMade for our searching yes,in spite of all,

A wreathe of flowers

Q.1What are we doing everyday?Why?Q.2What are some of the unhealthy habits we possess?Q.3.What do you understand by “spite”?Q.4.What do you understand by “despondence"? What do you understand by “spite of despondence”?Q.5What do you understand by “dearth”?Q.6.Give an example of noble nature?Q.7.Mention some of the unhealthy habits ? Q.8.What is the consequence of these habits? Q.9.Name the figure of speech used in “Therefore -------are we wreathing”.ExplainQ.10.What is the figure of speech used in the third line? Q.4 Find words from the passage which mean:(1)malice (2)unhappiness(3)(4)scarcity(5)possessing dignity

How is our sadness removed ?How is our sadness removed ?

Find words in these lines conveying same Find words in these lines conveying same as :1)shroud 2)sadness as :1)shroud 2)sadness

How does nature help in raising our spirits How does nature help in raising our spirits ??

Some shape of beauty moves away the pallSome shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark sprits . Such the sun,the moon,From our dark sprits . Such the sun,the moon,

Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boonTrees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon

For simple sheep; For simple sheep;

About the PoetAbout the Poet

John Keats(1795-1821) Keats was a British Romantic poet.He had a power to sway & delight The readers.The following is an excerpt from his poem “Endymion:A poetic Romance”.Other poems of Keats are:Ode to Spring, An ode to a Grecian Urn,e.t.c.