A THING OF BEAUTY
H.S. EXAM. QUESTIONS
A. Short type questions: Marks: 2
1. How is a thing of beauty a joy forever? [HS ’12,’17]
2. Explain the line: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” [HS ’13]
3. What is the message that Keats wants to con- vey through “A Thing of Beauty” [HS ‘14,16]
4. What is the legend on which the poem ‘A of Beauty’ is written? [HS ’15]
5. What, according to Keats, never ‘passes into nothingness’? [HS ’15]
6. Name the things of nature that are constant sources of beauty. [HS ’16]
7. What increases continuously in ‘A Thing of Beauty’? [HS ’18]
B. Important extracts for comprehension.
(a) A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
pass into nothingness but; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and
quiet breathing. [HS ’16]
Questions:
(a) Who is the poet of these lines and what is the title of the poem? 2
(b) Why is a thing of beauty a joy forever? 1
(c) What is a bower? 1
Type: Himashree Bora.