Thursday, January 21, 2016

Not Marble not the gilded monuments- my perspective

The poem "Not marbles, Nor the gilded monuments," is one of the best poem written by William Shakespeare.  In this poem, he just wanted to convey his readers a message that the world is mortal and it can never remain the same.  

Same is with the body it can also not remain in the same condition.  When I read the first line of the poem Not marbles nor the gilded monuments then I found myself lost as if whatever I have done, will not be considered by anyone as if the great ones who had made great monuments for glory of their hollow pride then what can I be able to do because I am living a life of an insect.  No one knows me rather I am just a part of the crowd.  But then I thought that because I have written so much that's why it can be possible that the people of prospective society can also be able to know my ideas and thoughts. 

Perhaps they can remember me through my writings and it might be possible if it can be helpful for others.  

I don't consider Shakespeare a pessimist or a poet who shows the mortality of this world rather I consider him as a poet of immortality who is always having a faith that he will always alive in his work.  There is one more poem which is very similar to that one i.e. "Shall I compare thee to a summer day."  This is also a classic one as here also he just wanted to say that his poems will remain immortal and same is with the people who have been praised in the lines of Shakespeare's poetry.  

So, in the end, I would like to say that everyone should read William Shakespeare if they want to enjoy the immortality.  Just start with a small poem and the rest of the thing Shakespeare will do himself!

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

William Shakespeare a poet of knowledge and wisdom

Whenever we talk about William Shakespeare we can't remain stop to praise the wisdom of his poems and how he filled all of his work as a work of knowledge based on experience.  This is the point which makes him different from the other poets and playwright of English Literature because his main emphasis is to hit the reality with the extreme incidents.  

Most of his poems like Not marble, nor the gilded monuments, Fear no more, The Seven ages are talking about the mortality of this world but when we read "Shall I compare thee to a summer day" and "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments" then we realized that his work was different as he is not talking about mortality rather he is talking about the immortality hidden in his writing which is beyond time and age.  He just wanted to convey to his readers that his work and writing will keep remaining immortal as it didn't come under the domain of this world rather it is quite subtle and always be alive in the heart of his readers and society.  It seems he wants to talk to his successors and he is quite able to communicate with the society of the future with his writing. 

Though he had written all of his poems many years earlier but still now it represents the problems and solutions of our society.  But most of the time he didn't give a solution rather he just want from us to find the solution from his work and writings. 

So, in the end, I would like to say that Shakespeare is not only a poet of language rather he is the poet of knowledge and wisdom because language is just an instrument for him to express his knowledge and wisdom in a better way.