Ozy Flashcards
Who was Ozymandias
Ransaiss 2, ancient Egyptian king
What where Ozys intentions
For his legacy to last forever - built statue to fulfill this
What happened to ozys statue
Collapsed and turned into wreck, crumbling showing that his legacy is no longer present
What did pedestal reflect
Arrogance, hubris
What was ozy author name
Percy shelly
What did poem represent
Humanities drive for greed and power, nothing is immortal - everything is transience
What was the form of the poem
Sonnet - love poem
How did Percy Shelly represent this sonnet
Ozymandias’ love for himself and hubris
What did the sonnet display
Irony - ironic that is a love poem considering ozy had no love or respect for his people (tyrannical), people reflected that after his death because he lost his fear about him
3 quotes
King of kings, colossal wreck, nothing besides remains and decay, mighty and despair
quick analysis for My name is Ozymandias, king of kings
Cesura (mid sentence punctuation) makes you stop for Ozys presence and admire his name & thinks he’s the king of kings - hubris. King of Kings is also from the bible representing God. This criticism shows Shelly’s dislike of the church.
quick analysis for Colossal wreck
Indicating the irony of his ego that the power of nature has destroyed him, Shelly almost making humour out of the irony
quick analysis for Nothing besides remains
Loss of power, humanity have ignored him due to his non loving disrespectful hubris
quick analysis for mighty and despair
mighty but the statue has fallen, a use of irony to criticise his power
What does hubris mean
Arrogance that comes before a fall of power
What does transience mean
Everything will eventually pass, nothing lasts forever
what does Irreverence mean
When some one does not respect overall authority’s or institutions
what was the purpose for shelly writing this poem
he was a romantic poet, who disliked those in power who thought they were more important than they are. For example he disliked religion and the monarchy.
what are the two themes which enable Ozymandias poem to be linked
misguided human power and power of nature
which poems link to Ozymandias through misguided human power
Extract from the prelude
My last duchess
Kamikaze
Tissue
London
which poems link to Ozymandias through the power of nature
Kamikaze
storm on the island
Prelude
