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VIII- English, Poem- 4, A Thing of Beauty, I., , II., 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., , New Words:, *Loveliness, * Simple, * Nothingness, * Daffodils, * Bower, * Rills, * Quiet, * Covert, * Breathing, * Gainst, * Morrow, * Brake, * Wreathing, * Sprinkling, * Flowery, * Musk, * Pall, * Fountain, * Sprouting, * Immortal, * Pouring, * Brink, Synonyms, bower - shelter under the shade of trees, wreathing - cover, pall - covering, rills - clear stream, sprinkling - falling in fine drops, Brink - edge, Covert - secret, Gainst - against, , III. Answer the following questions:, 1. How is a thing of beauty joy forever?, A thing of beauty is a joy forever. It’s loveliness increases. It will never pass into nothingness., 2. Why do we suffer?, Over attachments to the earthly things are like a trap which binds us to the materialistic things, and keeps us away from eternal happiness. So we suffer., 3. According to the poet, mention the evil things we possess?, According to the poet, we suffer from ill health and dark spirits., 4. Identify the figure of speech in the following lines :, A bower quiet for us, and a sleep, Metaphor: bower quiet, The calmness of a bower is compared to the calming effect of a beautiful thing., 5. That for themselves a cooling covert make, Pick out the alliteration, Alliteration: That – themselves, cooling – covert.

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6. Full of sweet dreams and health, and quiet breathing, Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing, Pick out the rhyming words., Breathing – Wreathing is rhyming words., 7. 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., What is the rhyming scheme of these lines?, The rhyming scheme is “aabb”., 8. For simple sheep; and such are daffodils, Which are the words alliterated here?, simple – sheep – such are the alliterated words.