Question

pen is mighter than sward elucidete is reference to the poem ,not marble and the gilded monuments?

Answer 1

Pen is more powerful than time and sword indeed. The poet

through his pen immortalized his friend by preserving the memory of his good

deeds in the poem , 'Not Marbles, Nor the Gilded Monuments'; this memory of his friend's good deeds  will be

handed down from one generation to another till the end of times. Neither time, nor sword will be able to obliterate this memory. So in this sense, pen is mightier than time and sword.