Answer
the following questions briefly.
(a)
Why
do you think the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues
erected in their memory?
(b)
Describe
how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.
(c)
Why
does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish?
(d)
The
poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his
poetry. In fact, even godly powers of Mars will not have a
devastating effect on his rhyme. What quality of the poet is revealed
through these lines?
Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) Why do you think the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues erected in their memory?
(b) Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.
(c) Why does the poet refer to Time as being sluttish?
(d) The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry. In fact, even godly powers of Mars will not have a devastating effect on his rhyme. What quality of the poet is revealed through these lines?
(a)
In order to be remembered till posterity, the rich and powerful
people get monuments and statues erected in their memory.
(b)
The monuments and statues brave the ravages of time. However, in the
process, they get ruined, disfigured, broken or spoiled, if not taken
proper care of.
(c)
The poet refers to Time as sluttish because it spoils the marbled or
gilded monuments. It discolors them, spoils them and ruins them
gradually through its various agents or forces. These agents are like
air, rain, natural vegetation, etc.
(d)
The permanence of his poetic art and the immortality of his verse is
a characteristic trait which can be noticed in the quality of the
poet. It is a well known fact that like Time and Nature, literary art
is also immortal and permanent, making poets live through their work,
for thousands of years.
(a) In order to be remembered till posterity, the rich and powerful people get monuments and statues erected in their memory.
(b) The monuments and statues brave the ravages of time. However, in the process, they get ruined, disfigured, broken or spoiled, if not taken proper care of.
(c) The poet refers to Time as sluttish because it spoils the marbled or gilded monuments. It discolors them, spoils them and ruins them gradually through its various agents or forces. These agents are like air, rain, natural vegetation, etc.
(d) The permanence of his poetic art and the immortality of his verse is a characteristic trait which can be noticed in the quality of the poet. It is a well known fact that like Time and Nature, literary art is also immortal and permanent, making poets live through their work, for thousands of years.
