This document provides an analysis of the poem "Beauty" by E-Yeh-Shure. It begins with an introduction to the poem and poet. Then, it analyzes the themes, imagery, and messages of the poem in 3 paragraphs. It discusses how the poem expresses that beauty can be found in nature, people, and good deeds. It concludes by asking questions about the poem's definition of beauty and where beauty lies.

1. A Presentation on the Poem
“Beauty”
Written by
E-Yeh-Shure
Prepared by:
Sanjay Daniel Aind
ID: 14162016
B.Ed Program 2014-15
Navrachana University Vadodara

2. Beauty
- by E-Yeh-Shure
Beauty is seen
In the sunlight,
The trees, the birds,
Corn growing and people working
Or dancing for their harvest.
Beauty is heard
In the night,
Wind sighing, rain falling,
Or a singer chanting
Anything in earnest.
Beauty is in yourelf.
Good deeds, happy thoughts
That repeat themselves
In your dreams,
In your work,
And even in your rest.
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3. Activity
 Draw a picture of a person or thing that you like.
 Write down the reasons as to why you have drawn that
particular picture.
 Why did you draw that particular picture? What is the
foremost reason?
 Why do you like it? Does it serve you any good by you
liking it?

4. Further Questions on the Activity
Conducted
 What do you know about the concept of “beauty”?
 What is the theme of the poem “beauty”?
 What do you think does it say about “beauty”?
 What insights and messages do you get as a reader
from the poem?

5. Critical Analysis of the Poem “Beauty”
 The poem “Beauty” is indeed an insightful and beautiful
poem that expresses the true, real, and authentic
meaning of the concept of Beauty.
 The Central Idea or the Theme of the poem is nothing
else but “beauty”, beauty of everything, beauty of every
place, and beauty of everyone.

6. Critical Analysis of the Poem “Beauty”
Let us read the poem and analyze it (the poem is read once before a
detailed study on it):
 The poem is very simple yet beautiful.
 The rhyming scheme used in the poem is quite unusual. Only the last
lines of each stanza rhyme with regularity. There are other lines
wherein we find many similar sounding words.
 Similar sounding words like growing, working, dancing, sighing,
falling, chanting, etc. are used in the first two stanzas to create a
sense of rhyme.
 Choice of vocabulary and language used in the poem is very
simple and easy to understand.
 The use of figures of speech, Personification, is found in the poem in
the first two stanzas mainly through the words, such as, beauty seen
and heard, wind sighing, rain falling, etc.

7. Critical Analysis of the Poem “Beauty”
 Through the first stanza the poetess stresses upon the fact that
beauty is present there in the sunlight, the trees, the birds, the crops,
the people’s work, and so on.
 All these various aspects of nature perform their respective task for
the wellbeing of all beings, in the sense, that there is a certain
mutuality among all these aspects. Each of them do good to each
other and thus strike a proper balance which is a beauty in itself.
 In the second stanza she goes a step further and says that beauty is
heard, as if being a human person or something, in the night, in the
winds, in the rains, and in the singer with a sincere and intense
chanting and singing.
 Night is the time for rest and the poetess hears the presence of
beauty in the silence of dark nights and other aspects of nature,
which is further enhanced by the enchanting voice of the singer.

8. Critical Analysis of the Poem “Beauty”
 The sense of the presence of beauty gets intensified in
the third stanza wherein the poetess states that there is
beauty in you, in others, in me, and in all beings, in their
good deeds, happy thoughts, in the dreams, in all sorts
of work, and even in the moments of resting.
 To stress the presence of beauty in the minuteness of all
the poetess says that whether people are engaged in
variety of works or sleeping there is beauty in everything,
everywhere and in everyone.
 The term ‘rest’ could also mean ‘the end of earthly life’
and thus entering into the realm of eternity which is the
beauty eternal.

9. Critical Analysis of the Poem “Beauty”
 Thus, the poetess, through the poem “beauty”, convinces us in a
gentle yet firm manner with a sense of conviction that “beauty” is
everywhere, in the things around, in the birds and insects, in the
fields and crops, in every being, in every thought and in dreams, in
the works, and even in the time of rest.
 In short, beauty is everywhere and everywhere has beauty; beauty
is in everyone and everyone is encompassed in the eternity of
beauty.
 The message that we get from the poem is that worldly materials
don’t count much than the natural beauties that are constantly
present before us. It is not only believed but known that many
people are to blind to such beautiful truth. Most people can realize
it though and that would be a great, beautiful accomplishment in
itself.

10. A few questions and suggested answers
 How does the poetess define beauty?
 Beauty is in all the aspects of nature. All good things, good actions, and
all that pleases are beautiful.
 Why do people dance for their harvest?
 People dance for their harvest because they are pleased to gather
their crops and are content with the fruits of their labour in the harvest
field.
 Can you name some beautiful things seen or heard?
 The beautiful things like chirping birds, whistling breeze, swaying tree
branches, laughing children, smiling old folks, thundering sea waves,
soothing sea shores and many other aspects of nature can be seen or
heard.
 Beauty is in yourself. How do you say that?
 One can feel beauty in oneself, in others, in variety of things, and so on.
Noble deeds, kind words, generous and loving thoughts, and acts of
love and charity make us beautiful.
 Where does beauty lie?
 Beauty lies in the happy thoughts, kind words, good deeds and actions.

11. Home Assignment
Make a list of things, places, persons, etc. that
appeal to your senses, and compose a
sentence or two for each of them.