The poet says, “Beautyis heard in…”

Can you hear beauty?Add a sound that you think is beautiful to the sounds the poet thinksare beautiful.

The poet, Shelley,said:

Heard melodies aresweet,

But those unheard aresweeter.

What do you think thismeans? Have you ever ‘heard’ a song in your head, longafter the song was sung or played?

A soundthat is beautiful is the singing of a bird.

Inthe given lines, Shelley says that when we hear melodies, we enjoythem. However, later when we think about those melodiesand remember the lyrics and the music, they seem sweeter. This isbecause they evolve emotions in us as we hear the music in our headsand we appreciate its real beauty even more than we do when we areactually listening to those songs. That is why Shelley feels thatwhen we hear melodies, they are sweet. However, when later weremember them and listen to them in our heads, they appear sweetereven though they are unheard.