Ans. (a) The name of the poem is‘A Thing of Beauty’ and the poet ig Jol (b) In the given lines, Keats mentions heroes who have qj left an everlasting impression. They live on in the im, which flow down from heaven like the elixir of life, (©) The poet paints a picture of an endless fountain of nectay hn k, ; c aS Orta] Stop the heavenly bliss of nature into our hearts. That immort Pn is a source of immense joy for us. thing Q5. “Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth (0 2014 Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Set Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.” Questions: (@) Name the poem and the poet. (b) Why are we ‘despondent’”? (c) What removes ‘the pall away from our dark spirits’? Ans. (a) The name of the poem is ‘A Thing of Beauty’ and the poet ig I Keats. maa (b) We are ‘despondent’ as the Earth is filled with men who are and cruel, These men along with the brutalities that we t,t! ourselves cause pain and suffering. mit (c) When we are unhappy, ‘some shape of beauty’ will lift this chro of darkness which covers us such as the sun, the moon, the jy the clear rills, the daffodils in the green fields, ete. These thir give us physical and mental solace and make us forget our miseri, and sadness. Or Questions: (@ Name the poem. (b) Give one cause of human suffering. (©) What moves away the pall from our lives? (@) What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean? Ans. (a) The name of the poem is ‘A Thing of Beauty’. (6) The scarcity of good men is one cause of human suffering. (c) A beautiful object such as the sun, the moon, the daffodils, the musk roses, etc. moves away the pall from our lives. (d) ‘gloomy’ means sad. (OD Comptt. 2015 Set