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Read the following extract and answer the question that follow.                            (1 x 3 = 3) Not marble, nor the gilded monuments of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than un swept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. (a) What does the word 'marble' refer to? (b) What does the phrase 'In these contents' refer to? (c) What does the phrase "Than un swept stone" mean.

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  (a) It refers to the 'statues'. (b) It refers to 'In the Poem'. (c) It refers to the stone movement that are often not cared for.