Beauty

 AP / NCERT Solutions for Grade 6 Honeysuckle Poem 4
Beauty

Working with the poem

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?

Yes, beautiful sounds attract us. Like when a bird sings or leaves rustle. Keats said imagining sweet melodies is even better. Sometimes, songs stay in our minds, making us feel happy.

2. Read the first and 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?

Wind which is sighing

Rain which is falling

A singer who is chanting

The poet uses shorter phrases In the poem to make it more attractive and appealing. The poet created a particular order of rhyme scheme.

3. Find pictures of beautiful things you have seen or heard of.

Do it yourself