ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818 by Taylor and Hessey of Fleet Street in London. John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. The poem begins with the line “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever".

Detailed explanation-2: -Keats refers to several things of beauty in his poem, such as trees which provide shade, cool rivers that offer relief during summer and also the stories we ay have read or heard about our ancestors. All of these things are a source of unending beauty and joy for us. They calm our mind and bring us peace.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Theme of the poem: The happiness that a beautiful object provides never fades into nothingness but multiples manifold whenever it returns to our mind. In the poem, the poet says that a thing of beauty is a joy forever a joy even in the midst of disease, sufferings, and disappointments of life.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to John Keats a thing of beauty is a joy of forever. It is a constant source of happiness and pleasure. Its loveliness increases every moment. It will never pass into nothingness.