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Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments
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21/12/2020 3:02 pm
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Shakespeare’s sonnet has been divided into three quatrains of 4 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
Quatrain 3 - The recorded memory of posterity
Couplet - Poetry immortalises friend
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21/12/2020 3:04 pm
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
Complet - gg –