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Not Marble Nor The Gilded Monuments (Sonnet 55)

Question

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In the line 'The living record of your memory', living record refers to ____

the sonnet the poet has written for his friend

an existing statue of his friend

his friend who lives in the poet's memory

the autobiography of the poet's friend.

Solution

A.

the sonnet the poet has written for his friend

Some More Questions From Not Marble nor the Gilded Monuments (Sonnet 55) Chapter

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

Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.

Why does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish?

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?

Rhyme scheme Theme
Quatrain 1 Comparison between poetry and
monuments
Quatrain 2 Ravages of time on monuments
contrasted with ___________
Quatrain 3 The recorded memory of _
____________ posterity
Couplet Poetry immortalises friend

The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.

Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.

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