The poet says that a thing of beauty brings eternal and everlasting joy The poet says that

that a thing of beauty brings eternal and everlasting joy

and delight. These beautiful things will always continue to mean the same and delight. These beautiful things will always continue to mean the same
and will never pass on being useless. These beautiful things are also and will never pass on being useless. These beautiful things are also
like shady places that give you peaceful sleep with sweet dreams, health, like shady places that give you peaceful sleep with sweet dreams, health,
and quiet breathing. We, as people, are often attached to the earthly and quiet breathing. We, as people, are often attached to the earthly
things around us, and these beautiful and simplistic things bind us things around us, and these beautiful and simplistic things bind us
together with the earth like a flowery band. At the same time, there are together with the earth like a flowery band. At the same time, there are
hard and materialistic or plastic things that keep us away from attaining hard and materialistic or plastic things that keep us away from attaining
eternal happiness. They distract us from the small and beautiful things eternal happiness. They distract us from the small and beautiful things
that bring pleasure and happiness. These materialistic things draw people that bring pleasure and happiness. These materialistic things draw people
towards gloomy days, unhealthy habits, and darkened ways. The reason for towards gloomy days, unhealthy habits, and darkened ways. The reason for
these gloomy days and unhealthy habits is the human’s attraction towards these gloomy days and unhealthy habits is the human’s attraction towards
materialistic things. These bring negativity to the lives of people. In materialistic things. These bring negativity to the lives of people. In
spite of all this darkness, there exist small things of beauty that move spite of all this darkness, there exist small things of beauty that move
our souls far from dark spirits and negativity. Sun, moon, old and young our souls far from dark spirits and negativity. Sun, moon, old and young
trees, animals such as sheep, flowers such as daffodils, greenery, trees, animals such as sheep, flowers such as daffodils, greenery,
streams, and all these simple earthly things of beauty bring us happiness streams, and all these simple earthly things of beauty bring us happiness
and pleasure. These things keep us away from all the negativity and turn and pleasure. These things keep us away from all the negativity and turn
our sorrows into happiness. The water streams that we talked about our sorrows into happiness. The water streams that we talked about
provide us with relief from the scorching heat of the sun, during provide us with relief from the scorching heat of the sun, during
summers. Forests are filled with musk roses that are pleasurable to our summers. Forests are filled with musk roses that are pleasurable to our
eyes. The tales of our brave soldiers, the dead ones, and the ones who eyes. The tales of our brave soldiers, the dead ones, and the ones who
fought for our safety sacrificing their own, these are things of beauty. fought for our safety sacrificing their own, these are things of beauty.
The small and simple things are easily found in and around us. These are The small and simple things are easily found in and around us. These are
our sources of motivation, pleasure, and happiness. They help us stay our sources of motivation, pleasure, and happiness. They help us stay
away from all the negativity life often shows upon us. These things of away from all the negativity life often shows upon us. These things of
beauty are the never-ending fountain showered by the almighty upon the beauty are the never-ending fountain showered by the almighty upon the
people. It is an immortal drink, something that is never going to end. people. It is an immortal drink, something that is never going to end.
Literary devices Literary devices
1. Alliteration: Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which 1. Alliteration: Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which
are close in series (Sleep-Sweet) are close in series (Sleep-Sweet)
Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in
series (‘b’ in Band Bind, ‘n’ in Noble nature, ‘s’ in some shape). series (‘b’ in Band Bind, ‘n’ in Noble nature, ‘s’ in some shape).
Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in
series (‘h’ in have heard) series (‘h’ in have heard)
Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in
series (‘s’ in Sprouting Shady, Simple sheep, ‘c’ in cooling covert) series (‘s’ in Sprouting Shady, Simple sheep, ‘c’ in cooling covert)
2. Anaphora: Use of same word in two consecutive lines (of noble natures- 2. Anaphora: Use of same word in two consecutive lines (of noble natures-
Of all the unhealthy) Of all the unhealthy)
3. Antithesis: opposite words placed together (old and young) 3. Antithesis: opposite words placed together (old and young)
4. Metaphor: Immortal drinks ( beautiful objects of nature are forever 4. Metaphor: Immortal drinks ( beautiful objects of nature are forever
like a neverending portion of a drink) like a neverending portion of a drink)
wreathing a flowery band (the beautiful things of our life bind us to the wreathing a flowery band (the beautiful things of our life bind us to the
earth) earth)
bower Quiet (calmness of the bower is compared to the calming effect of a bower Quiet (calmness of the bower is compared to the calming effect of a
beautiful thing) beautiful thing)
5. Inversion: normal order of words is reversed ( Are we wreathing a 5. Inversion: normal order of words is reversed ( Are we wreathing a
flowery band) flowery band)
6. Imagery: Bushes full of musk roses (sprinkling of fair musk rose 6. Imagery: Bushes full of musk roses (sprinkling of fair musk rose
blooms), books describing valor of fighters (grandeur-..mighty dead), god blooms), books describing valor of fighters (grandeur-..mighty dead), god
providing us with best things (pouring from the heaven’s brink) providing us with best things (pouring from the heaven’s brink)
Trees giving shade (sprouting shady boon), growing process of daffodils Trees giving shade (sprouting shady boon), growing process of daffodils
(daffodils with the green world they live in), Clean river streams (Clear (daffodils with the green world they live in), Clean river streams (Clear
rills) rills)
creating a sensory effect of beautiful things lined up in a string ( A creating a sensory effect of beautiful things lined up in a string ( A
flowery band to bind us) flowery band to bind us)
7. Rhyme scheme: aabbc (forever, never, keep, sleep, breathing) 7. Rhyme scheme: aabbc (forever, never, keep, sleep, breathing)
8. Rhyme: Rhyme scheme is used in every stanza of the poem (forever; 8. Rhyme: Rhyme scheme is used in every stanza of the poem (forever;
never, keep; sleep, dead; read etc.) never, keep; sleep, dead; read etc.)