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2011- 11- 27, 08:25 PM
Read the following (Sonnet no. 55) by Shakespeare and then
answer the questions that follow.
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn, 5
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room 10
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.
1 -
Who is the speaker of this poem
William Shakespeare
a friend of the poet
the writer’s lover
a lover and a poet
2 - To whom is the poem addressed ( spoken)
an idealized friend or lover of the speaker
a beautiful but coy woman
the reader
the dark lady
3 - Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem
War is wasteful and destructive
Poetry and the memory of the person about whom this poem is written will outlast material things
Memory lives on
A poet can overcome death
4 - Which of the following best identifies the subject of sonnet 55
time and war
the memory of the speaker’s beloved
the immortality of lovers
death and love
بالتوفيق :106:
answer the questions that follow.
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn, 5
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room 10
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.
1 -
Who is the speaker of this poem
William Shakespeare
a friend of the poet
the writer’s lover
a lover and a poet
2 - To whom is the poem addressed ( spoken)
an idealized friend or lover of the speaker
a beautiful but coy woman
the reader
the dark lady
3 - Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem
War is wasteful and destructive
Poetry and the memory of the person about whom this poem is written will outlast material things
Memory lives on
A poet can overcome death
4 - Which of the following best identifies the subject of sonnet 55
time and war
the memory of the speaker’s beloved
the immortality of lovers
death and love
بالتوفيق :106: