E N D Y M I O N
(John Keats)
Endymion is A Poetic Romance, Keats's first major work, was published in 1818 and it is considered as one of the masterpieces of the early nineteenth-century Romantic movement in English literature. The most often-quoted line, 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever,' tells that a beautiful thing of nature always provides a satisfying pleasure to the soul.
Endymion is an extended narrative poem divided into four books of about one thousand lines each, written mostly in heroic couplets. The title Endymion is named after a figure from Greek myth. The poem starts with Endymion’s impossible desire to get the love of the goddess Diana (also known as Cynthia). In the end, when he feels the love for the mortal Indian maiden, he realizes she is really Diana, his immortal desire in mortal disguises. He apprehends the dangers of denying his own human nature and learns that he can achieve the abstract ideal only if he accepts the concrete human experience. This is the central idea the Keats wants to deliver through this poem. Endymion (A thing of beauty) is usually read as a direct and honest declaration which caters the main idea that any beautiful thing provides us with continuous pleasure. Even if the beautiful thing fades away, decays, loss or dies, we never stop loving them despite the adverse situation.
Keats has used the metaphor, alliteration, and imagery as poetic devices. The metaphor is obviously used in “wreathing a flowery band”, “bower quiet”, and “sweet dreams”. The vast use of imagery can be found in the phrase “flowery bands”, “shady boon”, “daffodils in the green world”, “clear rills”, the grandeur of dooms” etc. “Cooling covert” and “endless fountain of eternal drink” are one of the notable examples of imagery used in this poem. This poem received many scornful criticisms after its publication. Though Keats himself noticed the incoherent style, he did not regret writing it.
Q1. What thing of beauty does Keats find most inspiring in the poem “Endymion”?
Ans. The poem “Endymion” written by “John Keats” is a long poem divided into four books. The poem tells the story of Endymion, the brain-sick prince with whom the goddess Cynthia falls in love. The poet says that a thing of beauty is a constant source of joy. The world is full of beautiful objects of nature such as the sun, moon, shady trees, the moon, the flowing streams and the wild roses give us pleasure. The poet also says that the stories of great men are also the source of pleasure because these are the source of everlasting inspiration pouring into our soul from the heaven.
Q2- What is the thing that helps us to be happy and satisfy in our life? Briefly explain with the reference of the poem “Endymion”
Ans. According to John Keats, a beautiful thing keeps us to be happy and satisfy in our life. Everybody in this world lives due to some shape of beauty. It is the thing that helps us to be optimistic about our future. Without beauty, one cannot imagine living in this world. So it is true to say “Beauty truth, Truth beauty”.
Q3- In spite of despondence in life why we are always hopeful about coming days?
Ans. It is fact that our life is full of sorrows, pains miseries, despondence and there is the scarcity of many things, In spite of having all these problems and hurdles we go onward to achieve our goals. The only thing that helps us to continue our journey is called beauty. It always shows us the positive side of the life and makes us happy and satisfies.
Q4- What things of beauty did find most inspiring in the poem “lines from Endymion”?
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