anthology: Ozymandias.

Question 1

what is the meaning and purpose of the text?

Answer 1

• it’s a metaphor for the power of nature.
• literally describes a broken and half buried statue in the middle of the desert.
• sonnet.
  -statue of Ozymandias.
• last line shows that at the end of it you’ll be forgotten.

Question 2

what is the context of the text?

Answer 2

• writer is a romantic poet who writes about the power of nature and human imagination.
• writer disliked monarchs with absolute power.
• 1817 radical views inspired by french revolution about Rameses 2 of Egypt.
• herd how Italian explorer retrieved statue from the desert.

Question 3

language and structure: explanation and quotes.

Question 4

key quotes.