CLASS 12 · KALIEDOSCOPE · CHAPTER 7
Original, clear explanations of Milton's poems 'On Time' and 'On Shakespear' and the etymology activity.
8 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question Understanding the Poem: On Time 1
Explain how the slow clock image makes Time seem limited.
The slow clock contrasts with Time's flight and suggests that earthly time is limited beside eternity.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Time 2
Sort the poem's temporary things from its eternal values.
Temporal: falsehood, vanity, and mortal matter. Eternal: joy, truth, peace, love, and divine goodness.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Time 3
Use the poem's heavenly-guided soul and the fate of Time.
A heavenly-guided soul rises to God; the soul wins because Time itself is eventually consumed.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Shakespear 1
Contrast Shakespeare's lasting writing with a physical monument.
His work lives in readers' minds, making a stone monument unnecessary.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Shakespear 2
Identify the physical memorial and why it is inadequate.
It means a stone memorial, which is weak beside the lasting fame of Shakespeare's works.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Shakespear 3
Connect the memorable book with the inspiration of later readers and poets.
His memorable writing stays in readers' minds and inspires later poets.
Question Understanding the Poem: On Shakespear 4
Name the living memorial described in the poem.
Future readers should continue reading and valuing his works.
Question Language Study: Etymology
Expand the abbreviations and state the word's source.
'Entomb' entered English in Late Middle English from Middle French; etymology traces this history.