Question

Poetry and art defy mortality . 'the powerful rhyme ' is immortal but 'not marbles nor the gilded monuments'. Justify the statement and also the title of the poem.

Answer 1

Poetry and art defy morality because they can't be destroyed by time. This is because even though the paper may get destroyed the art/poetry remains in the minds of the people who have seen it. It is unlike the monuments and statues which are destroyed.