Teaching CTET (Paper 1 & Paper 2) Mock Test Series 2025 English Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension
Comprehension Passage
Read the following poem and answer the questions
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.
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
What is being conveyed by "Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing [...] to bind us to the earth"?
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Binding ourselves physically to nature
2
Crafting a daily reminder of beauty
3
Being trapped by earthly matters
4
Celebrating beauty with a ritual