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Question
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 |
Solution
| Rhyme scheme | Theme | |
| Quatrain 1 | a, b, ab | |
| Quatrain 2 | cd cd | the living record of the memory of poet’s friend. |
| Quatrain 3 | ef ef | the poet’s friend will be remembered and praised till posterity |
| Couplet | gg |
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