1st Paragraph Ozymandias and My last duchess

Question 1

Name the 3 types of sonnet Percy Shelley uses in Ozymandias?

Answer 1

Petrachan sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet and this new idea of a sonnet that doesn’t really have a name or doesn’t follow a rhyme scheme

Question 2

What is Shelley Suggesting by using the 3 types of Sonnets?

Answer 2

This very clever as he is suggesting that the same thing. Just as Petrachan Sonnet form gives way to Shakespeare, in this poem Shakespeare form gives its way to a new form to suggest that all power gives it way to new power and nothing remains together.

Question 3

How does Shelley present Power in My last duchess?

Answer 3

The tight rhyme scheme and amount of syllable of a line.

Question 4

What does the rhyme scheme suggest in My last duchess?

Answer 4

It reflects the tight control of the duke and how he is an extremely controlling character.

Question 5

He also uses enjambment What is the purpose?

Answer 5

It reflects how the duke doesn’t have complete power and control, he is quite uncontrolled and cant control his anger also he cant stop blurting out emotion