Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea-Sonnet 65
"Sonnet 65" was written by the English Renaissance poet and playwright William Shakespeare and first published in 1609. The poem's speaker mourns the fact that everything is subject to the passage of time and wonders how something as delicate as beauty can possibly survive when even the strongest things on earth eventually crumble and decay. Yet there is one thing, the speaker ultimately argues, that can withstand time's relentless siege: poetry itself—and, importantly, the love expressed within it. "Sonnet 65" belongs to Shakespeare's “Fair Youth” sonnets, a sequence of poems addressed to a handsome young man.
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Given that sad death is more powerful than even brass, stone, the earth, and the limitless ocean, how could beauty possibly stand a chance against time's rage, when beauty is as fragile as a flower? How can the sweet air of summer withstand the onslaught of the days leading to winter, which keep coming like a destructive army? How can beauty possibly survive, when time breaks down even solid rocks and strong steel gates? Oh, it’s scary to think about this! Sigh, where will the thing that time prizes most of all hide? What has the strength to hold back time’s quick forward march? Who can stop time from ruining beauty? Oh, no one and nothing can overcome time, unless the miracle of poetry is real—meaning that my love can survive in this poem itself, and continue to shine brightly in the black ink of these words.

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3. …………… is a fourteen line lyric that follows a strict rhyme scheme and a specific structure. *
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4.……… has the structure of three quatrains and a final concluding couplet. *
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5.The sonnet , Since Brass ,Nor Stone ,Nor Earth ,Nor Boundless sea is a moving expression of …………….. *
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6.------------------ is also known as Since Brass ,Nor Stone ,Nor Earth ,Nor Boundless sea. *
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8.The poem ‘Since Brass ,Nor Stone ,Nor Earth ,Nor Boundless sea’ holds the feeling that…….. *
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9. “Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea   ,But sad mortality o’er-sways their power,How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,Whose action is no stronger than a flower?”What does the expression ‘mortality o’er sways mean’? *
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10. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea But sad mortality o’er-sways their power,How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,Whose action is no stronger than a flower? How does the poet contrast short living and long lasting things in the stanza? *
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11. When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays?Which are the strong objects mentioned here which would be affected by the passage of time? *
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12. Whose action is no stronger than a flower?Which is the figure of speech used here? *
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13. “That in black ink my love may still shine bright.”What hope does the poet express here? *
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14.Who is described as ‘Time’s best Jewel ‘ in the poem? *
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