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BEAUTY, Question 1:, The poet says, “Beauty is heard in …”, Can you hear beauty? Add a sound that you think is beautiful to the sounds the poet thinks are, beautiful., The poet, Keats, said:, Heard melodies are Sweet,, But those unheard are sweeter., What do you think this means? Have you ever heard a song in your head, long after the song was sung, or played?, Solution:, We find the melodious notes of the cuckoo or the nightingale very pleasing to the ears. But that, pleasure is still incomplete. We have models of perfect beauty in our imagination. And we wait, anxiously to hear our beloved’s voice and the chanting of prayers in holy places. We all look for, perfection. A poetic phrase, idea or expression haunts us all through life., Question 2:, Read the first and the 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?, Solution:, Yes, a few other phrases have been shortened in the poem., For example: stream flowing, baby crying, etc., Question 3:, What is beauty? Where can, in the poet’s opinion, beauty be seen, heard and experienced?, Solution:, It is difficult to describe or define beauty. But beauty attracts everybody and is appreciated all, over the world. Beauty is visible in the sunlight, the trees, the birds, the crops and the harvesters, who dance merrily. Beauty is heard in the night when the wind blows or rain falls or some singer, Sings. But the real beauty lies in noble actions and thoughts at all times whether working or, resting.