oxymandias Flashcards
who wrote oxymandious
percy shelly
what type of poet is shelly from oxymandious
romantic power of nature
What 3 poems could you compare oxymandious to
tissue
storm on the island
of extract from the prelude
What is the structure Shelly uses in oxymandious
Sonnet
What is a sonnet
14 lined poem
when was percy shelly born? from oxymandious
1792
How did percy shelly from oxymandious die and at what age
drowned at 29
where was percy shelly drowned
on a boat to italy at 29
was percy shelly successful in her day?
no
What was oxymandious about
a traveller who found oxymandious remains
What dose vast mean in oxymandious
big
What dose trunkless mean in oxymandious
only the legs
What dose shattered visage mean in oxymandious
broken face
“whose_____ and_____ lip and____ of cold command”
frown
wrinkled
sneer
“_______ frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold____”
whose
command
what dose the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command”
show
that he’s hostile and antagonistic
what poem dose the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” come from
ozymandious
in the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” what dose the word sneer show about oxymandious?
he enjoys mocking people
in the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” what dose the word cold show about oxymandious?
makes him see callous
“My name is_______ king of____ Look on my works ye mighty and____”
ozymandias
kings
despair
“My name is oxymandious king of kings look on ye_____ and despair”
mighty
What dose the MY in the quote “my name is oxymandious king of kings look on ye mighty and despair” show
makes him seem selfish and greedy
What is ozymandais like?
narcissistic and megalomaniac
what is another way to say oxymandious wants people to know he’s better than them
pretentious
