This poem by John Keats describes how beauty in nature can lift the human spirit. It states that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, as its loveliness increases rather than fading. Each day, beauty like the sun, moon, trees, flowers and tales of great men binds us to the earth and lifts our dark spirits, despite hardships like lack of noble role models or gloomy days. The poem finds an endless fountain of immortal drink in nature's beauty that pours from heaven's brink.

1. A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOR EVER
BY JOHN KEATS
A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOR EVER:
ITS LOVELINESS INCREASES; IT WILL NEVER
PASS INTO NOTHINGNESS; BUT STILL WILL KEEP
A BOWER QUIET FOR US, AND A SLEEP
FULL OF SWEET DREAMS, AND HEALTH, AND
QUIET BREATHING.
 Bower - a pleasant shady place , leafy shelter
 Wreathing - surround/ encircle (here connecting with mother
earth, respecting nature, cherishing its beauty and grandeur.

2. THEREFORE, ON EVERY MORROW, ARE WE
WREATHING
A FLOWERY BAND TO BIND US TO THE EARTH,
SPITE OF DESPONDENCE, OF THE INHUMAN DEARTH
OF NOBLE NATURES, OF THE GLOOMY DAYS,
OF ALL THE UNHEALTHY AND O'ER-DARKENED WAYS
MADE FOR OUR SEARCHING: YES, IN SPITE OF ALL,
SOME SHAPE OF BEAUTY MOVES AWAY THE PALL
FROM OUR DARK SPIRITS.
 Morrow - the next day / morning
 despondence - gloomy / sad mood / disheartened
 Dearth - lack / scarcity
 Pall - illness

3. SUCH THE SUN, THE MOON,
TREES OLD AND YOUNG, SPROUTING A SHADY BOON
FOR SIMPLE SHEEP; AND SUCH ARE DAFFODILS
WITH THE GREEN WORLD THEY LIVE IN; AND CLEAR
RILLS
THAT FOR THEMSELVES A COOLING COVERT MAKE
'GAINST THE HOT SEASON; THE MID FOREST BRAKE,
 Sprouting - to develop
suddenly in large numbers
 Rills - streams
 Covert - not openly known
or displayed
 Brake - a process to slow
down

4. RICH WITH A SPRINKLING OF FAIR MUSK-ROSE
BLOOMS:
AND SUCH TOO IS THE GRANDEUR OF THE
DOOMS
WE HAVE IMAGINED FOR THE MIGHTY DEAD;
ALL LOVELY TALES THAT WE HAVE HEARD OR
READ:
AN ENDLESS FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTAL DRINK,
POURING UNTO US FROM THE HEAVEN'S BRINK.
 Grandeur - high rank / socially important
 Dooms - last day of existence
 Brink - edge ( the door of God’s home)

5. The things of beauty mentioned in the poem.
The Sun
The Moon
Shady trees
Beautiful daffodil flowers
Streams of water
Dense green bushes of forest ferns where fragrant
musk roses grow
Tales of heroic men who sacrifice their lives

6. The things that cause suffering and pain.
Desire to offend others
Hopelessness
Lack of noble men
Bad health
Unhappiness
Gloom
Darkness