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Answer the following question:
What will Shakespeare's friend realize when he rises on the Day of Judgment?
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Solution
Shakespeare states in his poem "Not Marble Nor The Guilded Monuments " that his friend would live in the memory of people for many years but the monuments erected by the kings to immortalize themselves would destroy by ravages of time. Now, on the day of judgment Shakespeare's friend realizes that his statement was true. because today after too many years for the poem to be written Shakespeare's friend is alive in the memory of readers . while the monuments are erected by the ravages of time.
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