A THING OF BEAUTY

JOHN KEATS (1818)

(31 October 1795 23 February 1821 / London, England)

A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in; and clear rills That for themselves a cooling covert 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; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

SPEAKER
The author of the poem. He is also a person who adores beauty; either nature or people.

AUDIENCE
Anyone- who are concerned about his or her surrounding and appreciate everything they see or feel. The audience also the ones who want to ref lect on what he or she has done in their entire life seeking for a beauty.

THEME
Beauty. The word beauty is conveyed through different ways and how it exists in this world.

OBJECTIVE
The author wants to create a sense of awareness and ref lection to people about beauty around them; whether the nature or the people

SETTINGS
a) b) c) d) Time Season P lace Social : no specific time : spring/summer : on the Earth : people

SUMMARY
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

Beauty can never cease to provide endless joy and is cherished forever as its loveliness keeps increasing.

Beauty is also a shady place for people who like to experience a sweet feeling and peace.
Not just that, beauty can also be a distraction to many people as they will judge everything they see even nature. Some beauty stays while others change in many ways.

A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in; and clear rills That for themselves a cooling covert 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

However, nature keep on living beautifully although they growing old but not human.
Humans always want to be immortal and preserve their beauty. Though they will grow old and are hated for being so, the beauty will continue on even when it can't be seen by the naked eye.

We have imagined for the mighty dead; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

IMAGERY
1. Visual imagery pertains to things we can see: i. Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon 2. Olfactory imagery pertains to an odour i. Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms: 3. Audit ory imagery pertains to sound 1. An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink 4. Kinaesthetic imagery pertains to movement, or an action i. Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

LITERARY DEVICES
1. Metaphor A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: 2. Personification A f lowery band to bind us to the earth, 3. Hyperbole An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink. 4. Metonymy An endless fountain of immortal drink, 5. Apostrophe Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits

SYMBOLS
An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

God endless grace of giving beauty to human

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

Bower symbolizes how beauty shades us under its sweetness and peace like shady place

TONE
Happy- for natures beauty. Nostalgic- talking about the nature he sees in his surrounding.

SOUND
1. Alliteration i. noble natures ii. simple sheep iii. cooling covert 2. Assonance i. sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing ii. old and young, sprouting a shady boon

THE STRUCTURE
aabb from line 1 until 20, aba in line 21 until 23 Odes in iambic pentameter rhyming couplets (also known as heroic couplets)

POEMS EVALUATION
A poem with deep and meaningful messages. Can relate to peoples life.

POETS MESSAGES
some beautiful things seem to stay beautiful for a longer time than others but they cannot stay in their original state forever. beauty changes, sometimes into something not so beautiful like wilting f lower or into better form like girl growing up as woman. beauty is in its eyes of the beholder, what ones sees not what others feel.

PERSONAL REVIEW
Can relate to my life Meaningful messages As a reminder that beauty from the eyes of a human is always not lasting but to God, beauty is forever