NOT MARBLE NOR THE GILDED MONUMENTS

The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to _______________

• 1. show off their wealth

  
  

• 1. display their power

  
  

• 1. show their artistic talent

  
  

• be remembered till posterity
  

The poet addresses his sonnet to ________________________

• 1. TIME

• WAR

• 1. the person he loves

  
  

• powerful rulers
  

In the line 'The living record of your memory', living record refers to ____________

• 1. the sonnet the poet has written for his friend

  
  

• 1. an existing statue of his friend

  
  

• 1. his friend who lives in the poet's memory

  
  

• the autobiography of the poet's friend
  

The poet's tone in the poem is ____________________

• 1. despairing

  
  

• 1. optimistic

• 1. loving

• admiring

The poem is set in _______________________

• 1. the place where the poet meets his friend

  
  

• 1. a battlefield where Mars is fighting a battle

  
  

• 1. a city ravaged by war

  
  

• the poet's study where he is writing
  

A. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

​ (a)  

• William Shakespeare
• William Bennett
• Robert Frost
• Sara Teasdale

Who is the poet of this verse?

• William Bennett

• William Shakespeare

• Sara Teasdale

• Bankim Chandra

What will not outlive the powerful rhyme?

• Love & Kind Deeds

• Monuments

What does he mean by “Powerful rhyme'?

• Power of Poetry

• Power of Rulers

• Power of Love

What is the poet conveying through these lines?​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• “words” have the magical ability to disappear
• Words will be lost forever with time
• Words written on paper will be destroyed
• “words” have the extraordinary ability to be kept