Ozymandias

Question 1

Who wrote Ozymandias

Answer 1

Shelley

Question 2

Why does Shelley write Ozymandias in petrarchan sonnet form?

Answer 2

To mock ozymandias’ love for himself and to reflect his lust for power

Question 3

Vast and trunkless…

Answer 3

Vast and trunkless legs of stone

- Ruined statue serves as a metaphor for his crumbled power

Question 4

Half..

Answer 4

Half sunk..

-Used to describe his power and how it has been half sunk

Question 5

Shattered…

Answer 5

Shattered visage

Represents his shattered power and how it has decayed

Question 6

“Sneer of…”

Answer 6

• Sneer of cold command

- Emphasises the users distaste towards the protagonist as the use of alliterative plosive sounds

Question 7

“My name is Ozymandias…”

Answer 7

• My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair”
• Trying to put himself in a position where he is regarded as a god.

Question 8

“Colossal wreck”

Answer 8

• Juxtaposition to emphasize that his power that used to be big is now completely destroyed to an even larger scale.

Question 9

What form is Ozymandias in and what is the effect of this

Answer 9

Petrarchan sonnet, these were used to express love towards and object or being, therefore it reflects Oyzmandias lust (love) for power.