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English Core · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 1 · Set 3 · Q12
What do the images of nature signify in Keats' 'A Thing of Beauty' and Pablo Neruda's 'Keeping Quiet'?
What do the images of nature signify in Keats' 'A Thing of Beauty' and Pablo Neruda's 'Keeping Quiet'?
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A Thing of Beauty -
The images used by Keats such as bower/flowery band/trees old and young/ simple sheep/cooling covert/clear rills/musk rose blooms/'fountain of immortality
signify the enduring quality and beautiful bounty of the earth
serve to convey the uplifting impact on people-mental/emotional/overall well- being
Keeping Quiet-
the images used by Pablo such as the fishermen in cold sea/ whales/Earth
the 'fishermen in cold sea', 'whales' indicate how Man is exploiting nature
the image of the Earth is used as a teacher that shows the way to bring peace and harmony/importance of meaningful inactivity
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.