What is the importance of beauty in a man's life? (A Thing of Beauty)
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- Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
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;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
(A Thing of Beauty)
(i) Select the phrase that suggests the following :
The small streams make a shelter for themselves.
(ii) What does the phrase ‘An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink’ not imply in the extract?
(A) unlimited beauty
(B) eternal inspiration
(C) finite resources
(D) everlasting joy
(iii) Complete the following suitably:
In the line, ‘the grandeur of the dooms’, the word ‘dooms’ refers to ___.
(iv) The poet has used phrases like ‘mighty dead’ to illustrate the ___ (irony/satire) in the lasting impact of beauty and heroism.
(v) Read the assertion and the reason below, with reference to the given extract.
Assertion: The poet views beauty as a finite source of inspiration.
Reason: Natural elements and tales of heroism provide a continuous flow of joy and inspiration.
Choose the correct option regarding their relationship:
(A) Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(B) Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(C) The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
(D) The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
(vi) State in one sentence, what message you would give to those seeking inspiration from nature.- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
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- A thing of beauty
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-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
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- A thing of beauty
- According to the poet, beauty is everlasting. Explain.
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- English Core
- A thing of beauty
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-darkened ways
Made for our searching:
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2024
- English Core
- A thing of beauty
- Read the following extracts and answer the questions
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
(A Thing of Beauty)- CBSE CLASS XII - 2024
- English Core
- A thing of beauty
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