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Not Marble Nor The Gilded Monuments (Sonnet 55)
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.
1) Shall shine
2) When wasteful wars
3) Shall still
4) Nor Mars his sword nor war's
Some More Questions From Not Marble nor the Gilded Monuments (Sonnet 55) Chapter
The poet's tone in the poem is ____
The poem is set in ____
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
monuments
contrasted with _____________
______________ posterity
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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