12th Class English A Thing of Beauty - John Keats

  • question_answer 7)
    What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?    

    Answer:

    Like all Romantics praise the majesty of nature, Keats' poetry in Endymion, is dominated by a description of the natural world. He uses these images of nature to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth. He specifically refers to the sun, the moon, daffodils, and trees, stating that their beauty gives life some sort of meaning and significance. He goes into detail of how Their beauty is never ending. No matter who we are, we feel the essence of their beauty and it is impossible to not be affected by the beauty of life.   Beauty negates the depression caused by/life's dark and gloomy aspects. Keats also cites examples from art i.e. legends and storiesAll the lovely tales we have ever heard or read, he says, are an endless fountain of immortal drink pouring from the edge of heaven. The poem also illustrates a connection with nature, that we weave a 'flowery band to bind us to the earth', even saying that beauty can keep us healthy although we may have 'dark spirits' and 'some shape of beauty moves away the pall'. The feeling that beauty in life 'is a joy forever' runs through the poem. 


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