1.What is a bower?
Ans: A ‘bower’ is a pleasant place amid bushes:
2. What do the trees do?
Ans: The trees provide shade for the gentle sheep.
3.List the things that cause suffering and pain?
Ans: The things mentioned in the poem that cause sufferings and pain are-despondence, dearth of noble qualities and unhealthy and evil ways.
4.Do we experience the things of beauty only for short moments or do they make a lasting impression on us?
Ans: No, the experience of the things of beauty is not fort moments. They make a lasting impression on us. The loveliness of beautiful things goes on increasing every moment. It removes the pall of sadness that covers our dark spirits.
5.What is common about the things listed in these lines?
Ans: The common feature of the things listed in these lines is that they are things of beauty.
6.What is the source of endless fountain and its effects?
Ans: Nature with beautiful things is the source of endless fountain. Its effects are that it gives us peace, security and joy to our gloomy heart.
7.Who is the poet of the lines?
Ans: The poet of the quoted lines is John Keats.
8.How does a thing of beauty keep a bower quiet for us?
Ans: In a quiet bower we can get peace and security. It provides us with sound sleep, health and quiet breathing. Thus a thing of beauty keeps our bower quiet for us.
9. What increases continuously in ‘A Thing of Beauty’?
Ans: In ‘A Thing of Beauty” the loeliness or beauty of thing increases and it continues to increase. The beautiful things provides eternal joyto human mind.
10.Where do daffodils live?
Ans: The daffodils live in green world.
11.What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?
Ans: The poet has used various images to describe the bounty of the earth. The images are-the beauty of daffodils, streams, musk rose endless fountain spring pouring unto us from heaven.
12. What kind of sleep does it provide?
Ans: A bower provides sound sleep, sweet dreams, health and peaceful breathing.
13. How is a thing of beauty a joy for ever?
Ans: The loveliness of a beautiful thing always increases. It never passes into nothingness. It keeps our bower quiet and gives us sweet sleep. Thus a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
14.Who is the poet of ‘A Thing of Beauty’?
Ans: John Keats.
15. What does the poet say about the sun and the moon?
Ans: About the sun and the moon the poet says that they are the beautiful objects of nature.
16. What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
Ans: The bond between man and beautiful things make human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings. The things of beauty remove the covering of sadness from our lives.
17.What does the phrase ‘ quiet breathing’ mean?
Ans: The phrase ‘quiet breathing’ means ‘living in a healthy and pleasant place.
18. What never ‘passes into nothingness”?
Ans: Beauty is seen as a joy forever.
19.List the things mentioned in the poem?
Ans: The poet John Keats thinks that everything in nature is a thing of beauty and a source of joy. The things of beauty mentioned in the poem are-the sun, the moon, the old and young trees, daffodils, the rills, musk rose and lovely tales.
20.Why is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty death’?
Ans: The ‘grandeur’ is associated with our forefathers who were powerful because of heroic deeds. They would be rewarded in the dooms day. As we get pleasure, reminding of their heroic deeds, so we get pleasure at beautiful things.
21.How is the pall of despondence moved away from our dark spirit?
Ans: We make our life miserable by our own selfish nature. But this despondency is moved away by beautiful things as they provide us with the boon of the sun, moon young trees.
22.How do we bind us to the earth every moment?
Ans: Every object of nature is a source of joy and beauty. Everyday we are running after the enjoyment of beautyful things and thus we are associated with the beautiful things of nature. In other words to say the enjoyment of beautiful things binds us to the earth every moment.
23. What does the line, ‘Therefory are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’ suggest to you?
Ans: The quoted lines suggest that human being are part and parcel of beautiful nature. The band between man and nature is unbroken. The things of beauty are like garland of flowers. We seem to wreathe a flowery band that keeps us attached to the beautiful world.
24.What is the message that John Keats wants to give us through the poem,” A Thing of Beauty”?
Ans: The message that the poet John Keats wants to give us through the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ is that a thing of beauty is a great source of joy for ever. It Keeps our spirits full of liveliness, joy, peace and happiness. So we should appreciate the beauty of natural objects.
Type By: Suman bora