A Thing Of Beauty Summary Vocabulary
A Thing of Beauty John Keats INTRODUCTION John Keats (1795-1821) was a British Romantic poet. He was trained to be a surgeon, but Keats decided to devote himself wholly to poetry. Keats has the power to away and delight the readers. "A Thing of Beauty' is an excerpt from his poem 'Endymion: A Poetic Romance. The poem is based on a Greek legend, in which Endymion, a beautiful young shepherd and poet who lived on Mount Latmos, had a vision of Cynthia, the moon goddess The enchanted youth resolved to seek her out and so wandered away through the forest and down under the sea. Keats was a worshipper of beauty. For him beauty was truth and truth beauty. A thing of beauty is a constant source of pleasure. Keats is also a master craftsman. You will find a consistency in rhyme scheme and line length. There is balance in each sentence of the poem. No wonder then that sentences like 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever' are quoted quite often. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH A thing of b...