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1
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who wrote oxymandious

A

percy shelly

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2
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what type of poet is shelly from oxymandious

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romantic power of nature

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3
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What 3 poems could you compare oxymandious to

A

tissue
storm on the island
of extract from the prelude

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4
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What is the structure Shelly uses in oxymandious

A

Sonnet

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5
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What is a sonnet

A

14 lined poem

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6
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when was percy shelly born? from oxymandious

A

1792

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7
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How did percy shelly from oxymandious die and at what age

A

drowned at 29

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8
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where was percy shelly drowned

A

on a boat to italy at 29

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9
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was percy shelly successful in her day?

A

no

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10
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What was oxymandious about

A

a traveller who found oxymandious remains

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11
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What dose vast mean in oxymandious

A

big

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12
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What dose trunkless mean in oxymandious

A

only the legs

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13
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What dose shattered visage mean in oxymandious

A

broken face

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14
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“whose_____ and_____ lip and____ of cold command”

A

frown

wrinkled

sneer

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15
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“_______ frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold____”

A

whose
command

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16
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what dose the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command”
show

A

that he’s hostile and antagonistic

17
Q

what poem dose the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” come from

A

ozymandious

18
Q

in the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” what dose the word sneer show about oxymandious?

A

he enjoys mocking people

19
Q

in the quote “Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” what dose the word cold show about oxymandious?

A

makes him see callous

20
Q

“My name is_______ king of____ Look on my works ye mighty and____”

A

ozymandias
kings
despair

21
Q

“My name is oxymandious king of kings look on ye_____ and despair”

A

mighty

22
Q

What dose the MY in the quote “my name is oxymandious king of kings look on ye mighty and despair” show

A

makes him seem selfish and greedy

23
Q

What is ozymandais like?

A

narcissistic and megalomaniac

24
Q

what is another way to say oxymandious wants people to know he’s better than them

A

pretentious

25
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What is bathos

A

sudden change of tone

26
Q

______ wreck

A

colossal

27
Q

collosal _____

A

wreck

28
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what type of language id colssal wreck a sign of

A

oxymoron

29
Q

how dose percy shelly use a sonnet to reflect the poems theme

A

to show love and the idea that power fades

30
Q

what is the structure of oxymandious like?

A

builds up a image of the statue then ends it with describing how broken it us

31
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what is the angry language in ozymandias

A

the control and the megalomaniac use in the poem

32
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what 2 emotions dose ozymandias carry through out the poem

A

pride
aggogrance
power

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