Question

How does the poet immortalize his beloved in the poem, "Not Marble, nor Guilded Monuments" ?

Answer 1

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➡Not Marble , Nor the Guilded monuments : William Shakespeare⬅
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▪The poet William Shakespeare Immortalized his friend in the poem by dedicating his poetry to him . According to him , poetry and written material are the most powerful in this World as all the materialistic things shall be once destroyed by the ravages of time .

▪But this poetry would make him eternal and hence remembered till posterity .


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Answer 2

William Shakespeare immortalizes his beloved in the poem, "Not Marble, nor Gilded Monuments" by dedicating his sonnet to the beloved.

Explanation:

• William Shakespeare's "Not Marble, nor Gilded Monuments" commonly known as Sonnet 55  is one of his famous sonnets.
• He uses the metaphor of marble to describe how with the passage of time, all the great monuments built by famous men to record themselves in history, will be destroyed but his verses dedicated to his beloved will live on.
• Shakespeare talks about how while time and war will destroy the monuments, his poetry will endure and remain till the end of time.