Ozymandias

Question 1

Poet

Answer 1

Percy Shelley

Question 2

Key Quotes

Answer 2

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings” - arrogant and powerful, challenges other kings
“I met a traveller from an antique land” - emphasis his current unimportance

Question 3

Form

Answer 3

Sonnet
No regular rhyming scheme, reflecting how human structures can be destroyed
Iambic pentameter is often disrupted
Second-hand account

Question 4

Language

Answer 4

Tyranny of Ozymandias shown through aggressive language like “shatter’d” and “stamp’d”

Question 5

Themes

Answer 5

Power of nature and time
Conflict of nature and humanity
Pride (negative emotion)

Question 6

Context

Answer 6

1800s
About Egyptian king Ramses II - tyrannical king
Shelley was Romantic poet (emotion rather than reason)
Radical political views inspired by French Revolution (1789)

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

Builds up image of statue, focussing on different parts of it in turn
Ends describing enormous desert, helping to sum up insignificance of statue