Answer:
The
fifty-fifth sonnet of the 154 sonnets written by Shakespeare is written in
blank verse. The sonnet highlights the fact that everything would be destroyed some
day. But the impression of words always survives in the hearts of the people.
The poet feels great pleasure when he says that his beloved shall shine
more brightly than all the marble structures or gold plated monuments, which
are erected in the memories of powerful people.
The poem exposes man's desire to be remembered and immortalized
in an attempt to overcome death. Hence man get their statues and monuments
built. They forget that these monuments are ravaged by time. The poem claims
that time forgets everything and seeks to destroy everything.
The poem also brings out his faith in his verse and discloses
that the poet's beloved would receive praise and respect forever from the
people.
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