NCERT SOLUTIONS FOR CLASS 10 - ENGLISH NOTES - NOT MARBLE, NOR GILDED MONUMENTS - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - CBSE

 

NOT MARBLE, NOR GILDED MONUMENTS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

a) The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to: Remembered till posterity.

 

b) The poet addresses his sonnet to: The person he loves.

 

c) In the line ‘The living record of your memory’, living record refers to: The sonnet the poet has written for his friend.

 

d) The poet’s tone in the poem is: admiring

 

e) The poem is set in: The poet’s study where writing is.

 

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BRIEFLY.

a) Why do you think the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues erected in their memory?

Ans: Rich and powerful believe that by erecting statues and monuments people will remember them even after their death. They do not realize that people will remember them for their deeds and not for huge structures.

 

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

Ans: Monuments and statues are made of stone and cement which are strong and structures constructed with these can stay for centuries. They can withstand extreme weather conditions such as rain, storm, sever heat etc.

 

c) Why does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish?

Ans: Time has been referred to as ‘sluttish’ because time waits for none. It passes by. We have to learn to value time. Time treats everyone in the same way. It does not treat a rich and poor man differently. ‘Sluttish’ can also mean whorish as time cares for no individual; it is immoral and will finally pass. The grand memorials will become eroded, and the people memorialized will eventually be forgotten.

d) The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry fact; even godly power of Mars will not have a devastating effect on his rhyming. What quality of the poet is revealed through these lines?

Ans: The poet is an optimistic individual. He has immense confidence in himself as well as in his ability to write poems which will be remembered till eternity. We also see his confidence in these lines- When marble statues topple and stone buildings and other “works of masonry” are destroyed, the poetry will live on.