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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.
उत्तर
Monuments and statues remade 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, severe heat, etc.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
- The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to _______________
On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
- The poet addresses his sonnet to ____________________________________
On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
- In the line 'The living record of your memory', living record refers to ____________
On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
The poem is set in _____________________
Answer the following question briefly.
Why do you think the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues erected in their memory ?
Answer the following question briefly.
Why does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish ?
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.
| Rhyme scheme | Theme | |
| Quatrain 1 | Comparison between poetry and monuments. | |
| Quatrain 2 | Ravages of time on monuments contrasted with _______________ |
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| Quatrain 3 | The recorded memory of ____________________posterity | |
| Couplet | Poetry immortalises friend |
