A A Ving of Beauty Danis 0 ) a‘A Thing of Beauty (Endymion) BEE EEEE EERE E EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE Asia fbn ao br This Poem is the first part of a long narrative poem titled Endymion Published in 1818 Therefore, on every morow, ae we wreathing ‘flowery band ind usto the ea, Spte of despondence, ofthe inhuman dear ‘noble natures ofthe gloomy days, (Ofatlneunheatny and oer ways posal 7 sede aac John Keats belongs to the Romantic Some shape of beauty moves away te pal eases gal eres ciey tase school of English poetry. eo begun ot boy dere The most salient feature of this era is Rie Minis the glorification of NATURE "Sains te hot season; the mi-orest brake, and Celebration of natural Beauty Wennave imagine for ne mighty dead ‘An ends fountain ot mmol ink, uring untos tom the heaven's bak. John Keats7 Keats says thatthe value of a beautiful thing never wanes or fades and it never becomes worthless as it raises a human heart from low spirit to great happiness Ns y Mice aThe greatness of this poem is; it puts forward a new thought: Any beautiful thing exists with a purpose The poem says that beautiful things around us make our life pleasant And they make us love our lives in spite of many troubles and pains we face in life. In a nut shell, beautiful things make this actually bleak world, a worthy place for us to live in.Benefits of a beautiful thing in our life Bower - A shady, leafy shelter “A thing of beauty is a joy forever Its loveliness increases, but will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”Benefits of a beautiful thing in our life “A sleep full of sweet dreams health and quiet breathing”There fore on every day we look at an array of beautiful things and appreciate them , so that we love our life in spite of hardships and troubles “Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth,”Poet lists out certain things which make man unhappy and miserable in his life. / " Spite of despondence Ph acral Of noble natures, of the Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways ape Made for our searching:” Various disappointments that make us dejected in lifePoet lists out certain things which make man unhappy and miserable in his life. “of the inhuman dearth of noble natures,” © Absence of values and noble nature Dearth — absence 7 | Noble natures - virtues, good in others around us valuesPoet lists out certain things which make man unhappy and miserable in his life. 7 of the gloomy ] When one is days gloomy and desperate due to known or — UNKNOWN reasSONS ooo. sess =Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways Made for our searching: nO Ak: yn the —— or runethical practices ij We adopt for our success in life as well as the difficulties and troubles we come across in our lifeyes, in spite of all, , Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Pall— something that covers or surroundsPoet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his miseries in life and make him cling on to life. “Such the sun, the moon”Poet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his | miseries in life and make him cling on to life. ——_——, “Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep;” Shady boon — cool covert by trees which is a blessing“and such are daffodils With the green world | they live in” The yellow flowers contrasting the green fields where they grow and break the monotony of the same colour — green.Poet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his miseries in life and make him cling on to life. “and clear rills That for themselves a Rill — small cooling covert stream, spring make Covert — mins coveredover | ‘Gainst the hot season;” (Poet says, a small stream grows _ ) bushes and shrubs on its both banks to keep itself cool against the hot sunPoet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his miseries in life and make him cling on to life. “the mid “Normally, the brakes or ferns do not bloom. Pee nek: So when musk rose ick i a blossoms among them; sprinkling 0} fair musk- it is a pleasant contrast rose blooms;Poet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his miseries in life and make him cling on to life. An imagery, taken from Greek Mythology. Ancient Greeks believed that their virtuous heroes travel to a beautiful island beyond and live there an eternal life blissfully. This island was known as Elysium This concept made the Greeks of classical times console themselves when they lose a great hero of their times 2 “And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead; ”When a great hero passes away people feel orphaned and depressed. In order to cheer their spirits up they imagined that those heroes are actually not dead, but they are living happily in a beautiful island , beyond “And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead; “Poet lists out some of the beautiful things that make man forget his miseries in life and make him cling on to life. All lovely tales that we have heard or read,” Stories , old and new, make all happy as they fill our hearts with pure imagination and great values and feelings and give us the necessary relief from the everyday monotonous routine and enrich usPoet compares all those listed beautiful things to the immortal drink, elixir - that flows from the brinks of Heaven to earth — “An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.”Poet compares the beautiful things to the Immortal drink — Elixir-- which is believed to have the property of making one immortal es Beautiful things are like \ heavenly fountain of Elixir | that over flows from the brinks of heaven. A clear indication that The Almighty wants man to enjoy the beauty of the world and love his life. It’s a divine plan to make | \ man happy. / ye Just like Elixir the divine drink makes Gods immortal , the beautiful things around us make us love our life and we cling on to life on earth.{ Thus poet makes his point clear by using a \__ poetic device, a Metaphor ____ “ag f' (These two lines make this \ é, Pode says petTesie that \ An ~ ‘An implied \\ physical and materialistic beautiful comparison, beauty transcend into F ang ‘ac’ | divine or things on Earth without rau: aS spiritual. or ‘like’ Thus a short living object are actually an like a flower also becomes| overflowing = a joy for ever as it fountain from Itisa originates Heaven } from heaven and fulfills its _ Metaphor , _/| purpose of raising human | ~ spirit to lofty levels /(“An endless fountain of immortal drink, \ Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.” | \ Beautiful things alone > These lines explain the | | Beautiful things | make this otherwise theme of the poem: as Keats lists out harsh and difficult life Beautiful things around Perform this bearable and even us are not accidental. noble mission of pleasant for mankind. They are all reaching us cheering up Without them, the world due tea ihvine'plan le human spirit would have been bleak keeping man happy in when ever he is and harsh spite of all the difficulties despondent and , failures and losses he desperate suffers in his life hs _/\ So, a thing of beauty is J a joy for ever