KSEEB 8th English Beauty Poem Notes Summary Questions and Answers
Text Book Questions and Answers
I. Answer the following questions. Share your response with others:
Question 1.
List out the things where beauty can be seen during the day.
Answer:
Beauty can be seen during the day in the trees, in the birds, at com growing, at people working or dancing for their harvest.
Question 2.
The poet says ‘beauty is heard in the night’. Pick out any two things of beauty from the poem that are heard at night.
Answer:
Beauty heard at night are wind sighing, rain falling or a singer chanting in earnest.
Question 3.
Read the first and second stanzas of the poem again. Note the following phrases. Corn growing, people working or dancing, wind sighing, rain falling, a singer chanting…. These could be written as
- Corn that is growing
- People who are working or dancing.
Can you rewrite the other phrases like this? Why do you think the poet uses the shorter phrases?
Answer:
Wind that is sighing Rain that is falling A singer who is chanting If these sentences were written in full, they will sound like prose and uninteresting. This way they are more imaginative and interesting.
Question 4.
The poet says ‘Beauty is seen’ and ‘Beauty is heard.’ List out the beautiful things you have seen or heard.
Answer:
Beautiful things we have seen or heard are laughing child, dancing peacock, full moon, tree blossoms, flowers, rising sun, birds chirping.
Question 5.
The poet says ‘Beauty is in yourself.’ What things does she mention here? When does she want us to follow them?
Answer:
Poet mentions that beauty is in our good deeds and happy thoughts. Poet wants us to repeat them in our dreams and then execute them in our work and even in rest.
Question 6.
Write a paragraph about beauty. You can use your own ideas along with the ideas in the poem. (You may discuss with your partner.)
Answer:
John keats a famous English poet, writes these lines in his poem.
“A thing of beauty is a Joy for ever’. These words are full of meaning. They are important because they convey the truth of life.
When we look at a beautiful thing such as a flower, a rainbow or a cloud, we feel very happy. Our mind feels refreshed. The sight of a beautiful object conveys an everlasting sense of joy to us. It passes into our memory and into our subconscious mind.
The sight of dew drops on the blades of grass and the different colours displayed by them as the rays of the sun touch them are very beautiful. The golden light of the rising sun is also a delightful one. The beauty of tree blossoms, dancing peacock, swimming fish in the stream all these attract us. During the day, beauty can be seen in the trees, the birds, corn growing, people working or dancing for their harvest.
In the night, we can hear the beauty in wind sighing, rain falling or a singer chanting with determination.
Poet says that beauty can be seen in our good deeds, happy thoughts that repeat themselves in our dreams, in our work and even in our rest.
Question 7.
The phrase ‘wind sighing’ is personification. Give two more examples of personification. You may take the help of your teacher.
Answer:
Example for personifications:
- rain falling,
- dancing clouds
- whispering waves
- sleeping city.
Beauty Poem Summary in English
In this poem the poet describes things in which we can see and hear the beauty.
During the day, beauty can be seen in the trees, the birds, com growing, people working or dancing for their harvest.
In the night, we can hear the beauty in wind sighing, rain falling or a singer chanting with determination.
Poet says that beauty can be seen in our good deeds, happy thoughts that repeat themselves in our dreams, in our work and even in our rest.
Beauty Poem Summary in Kannada
Beauty Poem Word in English
- harvest = the time of the year when the crops are gathered from farms.
- sigh = take a long breath when tired.
- Earnest = serious and sincere.
- Chant = sing, recite.
- Deeds = something that is done deliberately.