Question

How does the poet describe his beloved in the poem 'Not Marble ,Nor The Gilded Monument' ? Discuss how the values in the poem have been brought out.

Answer 1

Absolutely confident of his writing skills the poet claims that the poetry would outlive the Ornate marble statues and gold plated monuments built by the rich and Powerful as a result the name of his friend who is referred to in his verse would live for much longer time then the monuments that would stand neglected and tarnished with the passage of time the destructive Wars would leave no trace of the statues and the Havoc created by them would raise all the magnificent monuments to the ground however neither Wars nor their devastation would wipe out the ones praised in the verses of the poet