CBSE solutions for इंग्लिश लिटरेचर रीडर इयत्ता १० chapter Unit 8 P. 8 - Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments [Latest edition]

Look at the following picture carefully.

a) What has Time been portrayed as? Why?
b) What are the other symbols associated with Time?

What are the things that last for centuries? List a few things around you that will survive four to five hundred years into the future. 

Think of things that will perish and/or be forgotten with the passage of time.

The word “sonnet” is derived from the Italian word sonetto, meaning “a little sound” or “a little song.” A Sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines with a structured rhyme scheme in which a thought about a subject is developed thoroughly.

You will read two sonnets on the powerful effects of Time.

Listen to a recording of the sonnet ‘Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments’ by William Shakespeare played by your teacher.

Now read the sonnet.

The couplet in the sonnet reinforces the poet’s claim that his friend will ______.

Choose the most appropriate collocation for the word doom, from the following:

On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.

The poet's tone in the poem is _______________________________________

On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.

The poem is set in _____________________

Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.

Validate the poet’s reference to Time, as being sluttish.

Elaborate on the reason why wars have been described as ‘was tefil’?

Answer the following question briefly.

The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry. In fact, even godly powers of Mars is not going to have a devastating effect on his rhyme. What quality of the poet is revealed through these lines?

Shakespeare's sonnet has been divided into three quatrains of four lines, each followed by a rhyming couplet. Each quatrain is a unit of meaning. Read the poem carefully and complete the following table on the structure of the poem.

The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.

Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.