ABOUT POET:-

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an

English poet of the second
generation of Romantic poets, with Lord
Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication
for less than four years
when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were
indifferently received in his lifetime,
but his fame grew rapidly after his death.[1] By the end of the
century, he was placed in the
canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of
the Pre- Raphaelite
Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 called one ode
"one of the final
masterpieces". Jorge Luis Borges named his first encounter with
Keats an experience he felt all
his life. Keats had a style "heavily loaded with sensualities", notably
in the series of odes.
Typically of the Romantics, he accentuated extreme emotion
through natural imagery. Today his
poems and letters remain among the most popular and analysed in
English literature – in
particular "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Sleep
and Poetry" and the sonnet
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer".
SUMMARY OF “A THING OF BEAUTY “
A Greek legend happens to be the basis for A Thing of Beauty
summary. In this Greek legend, a
young shepherd by the name of Endymion had a vision of Cynthia,
the moon goddess. This youth
makes a resolution to go after her and seek her. In this quest, he
wanders through the forest and
under the sea. In the poem, the poet tells us that beautiful things
bring immense pleasure and
delight. Furthermore, the poet explains that God’s creations provide
happiness as well as energy.
The things present all around provide us with plenty of reasons to
feel happy.
Moreover, the brave soldiers’ stories bring inspiration and
enthusiasm to the love life. Beauty is a
heavenly tonic. Furthermore, it is like an endless fountain of nectar.
Also, beauty can come in
various forms.
Beauty gives us good health and removes sadness from our lives,
resulting in everlasting joy.THEME OF “A thing of beauty “
The poem A Thing of Beauty by John Keats delivers the concept
that beauty can be discovered
anywhere and at any time. The content of this poem is mostly
concentrated on nature and the
unexpected beauty that it brings. The topic of this poem is that
beauty may be discovered anywhere
and, when appreciated, can be used to lift one’s spirits in times of
adversity. Any beautiful object is
always kept in our minds since it brings us permanent and
everlasting happiness. The enjoyment
that a beautiful object brings never fades away, but multiplies
many times over anytime it returns
to our mind.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES :-
The poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ gives a message that beauty never
diminishes or fades. We can
choose to see beauty in the most simple and common things
around us. It’s upto us that how we
perceive the beauty and the world around us .But this beauty
becomes a source of unending joy
for us as it is a joy forever .
Despite the fact that our lives are full of sorrow and suffering, the
beautiful things around us
give us the strength to endure the sadness of life. They dispel the
dark phase of sadness and
sorrow for us and bring the cloud of hope in our lives . True Beauty
lies in the eyes of beholder
and no one can take such magnificence from anyone . It teaches us
that we can find beauty even
in the worst places like war .The courageous stories of true warriors
like MAHARANA
PRATAP and CHATTARPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
enlightens our minds and preaches us about the true beauty of
Masculinity . The Worst Times like war shows us the beauty of
Strength .Willpower , Courage ,
Resilience and Patriotism.
Through This project I want to demonstrate and express my views
about the beauty of the nature
and the little objects that we often taken granted . This project
gives me the opportunity to
express my philosophies towards the life and demonstrate my
perception towards world in a new
and organized way . I will get to learn about a lot from this
prestigious opportunity and
wonderful assignment .ACTION PLAN:-
1.
Understanding the project and creating a plan
according to it
2.
Finding the information through right sources
and internet
3.
Creating A questionnaire and taking sample
surveys through it
4.
Carefully analysing the sample surveys in a step
by step manner.
5.
Writing a report in and organized manner and ,
adding my philosophies to it
6.
Once the report is ready , then demonstrating it
through the most appropriate graphic method
7.
Writing the conclusion of the Report and the
Result of the graph
ANALYSIS – LINE BY LINE
“Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still.”
The poet begins with counting twelve urging everyone to be still. He
chose ‘twelve` for several
reasons. ‘Twelve’ hints at the twelve hours of a day which rules our
life. ‘Twelve` refers to
twelve zodiac signs believed to be the controlling forces of our lives.
‘Twelve` refers to twelve
months of a year. ‘Twelve` even may be aimed for a preparation
for all to be ready to plunge
into the state of silence.
Poetic devices in use
1) We will = Alliteration (line 1 and 2)
2) Count.................still – Antithesis“For once on the face of the earth,
let's not speak in
any language;”
The poet here urges everyone to break the barriers of language and
unite with one
invisible tune i.e. silence. With the word ‘earth` the poet hints at all
the humans living devoid
the identity of country creed and caste. Though language is the
identity of a country or race, he
affirms that humans are more important and the identity of being
a human of earth is broader
realization.
Poetic devices in use
1) Once on – Alliteration “let's stop forone second,
and not move our arms so much.”
The poet here urges to stop for one second. Here ‘second’ presents
the tiniest part of
time calculation. He ushers us to
keep ourselves off for at least one second from the negative aspects.
Here ‘arms’ is with dual
meaning. He apparently indicates ‘arms’ as our hands engaged in
several activities and at the
same time refers to the weapons we use for destruction.
Poetic device in use
 Arms – Pun
1) Meaning one – hands
2) Meaning two – Arms (weapons ) “It"would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines; we would
all be together in a sudden strangeness.”
We are always on move. We are all busy in accomplishing our work
and go on rushing
in our lives. The poet even urged to stop engines (referring
industrial works causing harms to
environment) . The poet urges us to stop our personal activities and
stop engines and unite in
one tune i.e. silence. The poet declares silence as exotic because this
silence will make us
blissful, strange and will bring complete equilibrium.
Poetic devices in use
1) Without..................without – Repetition 2)
We would – Alliteration.
3) Sudden strangeness – Alliteration“Fisherman in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt would look at his
hurt hands.”
`If we be still, we shall be able to introspect the mistakes and
wrongs done. Here
fishermen are the representatives of all kinds of tyrants and killers.
The poet wants, them to
cease their work and realise their mistakes. The salt gatherer is
explained as the representative
of poor and lower section of the society. They go up to any level to
earn their livelihood and
often hurt themselves irreparably.
Poetic Devices in use
1) Cold sea – symbolised as polar region
2) His hurt hands – Alliteration“Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas,
wars with fire, victories with no survivors, would
put on clean clothes and walk about with their
brothers in the shade, doing nothing.”
The poet here condemns the people with green wars (biological
weapon or creators of
pollution) and wars with fire (Atomic war) . They become victorious
but with no survivors left.
The poet mocks at the victory of those people who get victory over
destruction. The poet asks
them to leave the path of destruction and join the group of silence.
He urges them to put on
white (symbolising – purity and serenity) clothes. And walk with
others doing nothing
(meaning anything negative and doing self introspection)
Poetic devices in use
1) Wars with – Alliteration
2) Wars with – Repetition
3) Clean clothes – Alliteration“What I want should not be confused
with total
inactivity. Life is what it is about;I want no truck
with death.”
The poet here warns us that his message of silence should not be
confused with total
inactivity or inertia. He further clears that his message does not
have any affinity with death
even. His message is aimed at the way of living. He wants us to stop
a while and feel the
tranquility so that a positive introspection is done.
“If we were not so single-minded about keeping
our lives moving, and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves and of
threatening ourselves with death. Perhaps the
earth can teach us as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.”We human beings are single minded.
We are always busy in achieving our goals,
completing personal responsibilities. And we never stop a while to
evaluate ourselves and
understand ourselves. We never understand that we shall never be
able to come out of these
desires and achievements. If we could stop a while from these using
we would have understood
the real purpose of our lives and ourselves. Rather we go on with
the fear of death calculation
how much of our dreams and wishes will be achieved.
Poetic devises in use
1) We were – Alliteration
“Now I'll count up to twelve and you
keep quiet and I will go.”
Conclusion
In conclusion the poet taught us through the example of earth
which at one season may look as
if dead but comes back with life in another season. Likewise our life
will also bear certain
meaning when we walk on the right path i.e. introspecting in
silence. In the last two lines the