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ABOUT THE POET

More about the poetHE IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO

BE THE GREATEST DRAMATIST OF ALL TIME. HE WROTE 154 SONNETS, TWO LONG NARRATIVE POEMS AND ABOUT THREE DOZEN PLAYS . SHAKESPEARE USED POETIC AND DRAMATIC MEANS TO CREATE UNIFIED AESTHETIC EFFECTS. IN VERSE HE PREFECTED THE DRAMATIC THE DRAMATIC BLANK VERSE.

POEMNot marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

But you shall shine more bright in these contents

Than upswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.

When wasteful war shall statues overturn,

And broils root out the work of masonry,

Nor mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn

The living record of your memory

Gainst death and all oblivious enmity

shall you pace forth your praise shall find room,even in the eyes of all posteritythat wear this world out to the ending doom.

So till judgment that yourself arise,you live in this, and dwell in lover’s eyes.

The sonnet, “Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments” brings out the futility of statues and ornate monuments raised by the rich and powerful to immortalize themselves. The ravages of time on these monuments defeat the very purpose of building them and rob their architects of the pleasure of being remembered by the generations to come. The poem also brings out the poet’s faith in his verse and its ability to outlive the transient monuments.

THEME OF THE POEM

Absolutely confident of his writing skills, the poet claims that his poetry would outlive the ornate marble statues and gold plated monuments built by rich and the powerful. As a result the name of his friend who is referred to in his verse would live for a much longer time than the monuments that would stand neglected and tarnished with the passage of time. The destructive wars would leave no trace of the statue and the havoc created by them would raise all the magnificent monuments to the ground.

SUMMARY OF THE POEM

However neither wars nor their devastation would wipe out the memory of ones eulogised in the verses of the poet.Neither death, nor the enemy’s bias would adversely affect their reputation and they would continue to be praised by generations to come till the doomsday. The poet wishes this praise worthy soul to live in his poetry and in the hearts of his admirers till he finally rises from his grave like all the other souls and is rewarded by God almighty.

(a)The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to(i) show off their wealth(ii) display their power (iii) show their artistic talent(iv) be remembered till posterity(b) The poet addresses his sonnet to(i) time(ii)war

Q.1 On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare’s sonnet, answer the following questions by ticking the correct options.

(iii) The person he loves(iv) Powerful rulers(c) In the line ‘The living record of your memory’, living record refers to (i) the sonnet the poet has written for his friend(ii) an existing statue of his friend (iii) his friend who lives in the poet’s memory(iv) the autobiography of poet’s friend

(d) The poet’s tone in the poem is(i) despairing(ii) optimistic(iii) loving (iv) admiring(e) The poem is set in (i) the place where the poet meets his friend (ii) a battlefield where Mars is fighting a battle(iii) a city ravaged by war(iv) the poet’s study where he is writing

(a) Why do you think the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues erected in their memory?

(b) Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time?

Q.2 Answer the following questions briefly.

(c) Why does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish?(d) The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry. In fact, even godly powers of mars will not have a devastating effect on his rhyme. What quality of the poet is revealed through these lines?