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After reading the poem "Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments" what image of the poet is formed in your mind? What quality of the poet is revealed through the poem?               

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                The poet creates an image of a great thinker in my mind. He is considered by me to be the greatest dramatist poet of all times. The poem has a musical quality that is height end still further by the use of alliteration. By the poem, he conveys the message that poetry is not affected by time, though marbled and gilded monuments are. Time and death can erase everything but not the words that come out from a true heart. The poet shows the depth of his thoughts by the poem. He is an inspired poet, habitually building a world of imagination. I feel that he understands the present and the future as he says that his friend would be remembered and praised by future generations as his memories are preserved in words in the poem. He shows that written memories are immortal and everlasting. The poem also reveals the dedication of William Shakespeare to literature.