Question

How the poem Not marble , nor the Guilded monuments Be a perfect a sonnet?

Answer 1

'Not Marble, Nor Gilded Monuments' is a perfect Shakespearean sonnet. This poem conforms to sonnets conventions and guidelines meticulously. There are fourteen lines in this poem. The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains of four lines each.In the three quatrains the poet establishes the theme or problem and, then resolves it in the last two lines, called couplet. The rhyme scheme of the quatrains is abab, cdcd, efef. The couplet has the rhyme scheme gg. So 'Not Marble....' fits to all the above mentioned parameters. The first three quatrains deal with the problem of transitory nature of world, and how his friend will become eternal in his verse. In the last two lines he resolves the problem by writing that his friend will live in this poem and dwell in lovers' eyes till the Judgement day.