A THING OF BEAUTY
Note-making
1. Theme
(a)Things
of beauty have an embalming effect.
(b)They
help us cope with negativity.
(c)They
make life more meaningful.
(d)God
has blessed us with objects of beauty.
(e)We
need to bond with them.
(f)In sad
moments things of beauty come to our rescue, remove the gloom from our lives.
2. List of
things of beauty
(a)Sun,
moon, deep forests
(b)Sheep
grazing in open pastures
(c)Daffodils,
rivulets, musk roses
(d)Tombs
built to honour heroes.
(e)Legends,
tales from classics and scriptures
(f)These
things of beauty are like blessings from heaven, they sweeten our bitter lives.
3. Qualities of a thing of beauty
(a) Gives
everlasting joy.
(b) Is Ageless.
(c)Never
goes Nothingness (waste)
(d)Shelters
and protects like a bower.
(e)Relaxes,
comforts, invigorates us.
4. Things that cause pain
(a) Ill
health, way worldliness of the world
(b) Gloomy
days, modern time uncertainty, feeling isolation amidst crowd
(c) Depression,
worries, tension
(b)Lack
of goodness in human beings.
5. Poetic Devices
Metaphor
a)
Bower quiet- refers to a quiet shady part in the garden
b)
Sweet dreams happy dreams
c)
Wreathing a flowery band connecting to nature
d)
Pall- a covering like a shroud
e)
Endless fountain of immortal drink’- refers to the deeds of
great men and women that have made a source of inspiration for people of all
times
f)
The list of beautiful things is metaphors and symbols of nature
Alliteration
a)
‘noble natures’
b)
Cooling covert’
c)
‘band to bind
Imagery
a) ‘flowery
bands’
b) ‘shady
boon’
c) ‘clear
rills’
d) ‘daffodils
in green world’
e) ‘grandeur
of dooms’
f) ‘cooling
covert’
g)
‘endless fountain of eternal drink’
Symbol
‘simple sheep’- refers to
mankind as Christ considered the shepherd who leads human souls out of the dark
world of sins and temptations’
Transferred
Epithet:
‘Doomy
days’-Unhealthy and over darkened ways
Oxymoron
‘Mighty dead’
ARUN THAKARE
