ozymandias Flashcards
1
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‘wrinkled lip’ and ‘sneer of cold command’
A
description suggests what kind of person ozymandias was.
2
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‘lifeless things’
A
can’t immortalise power, but you can immortalise art.
3
Q
‘my name is ozymandias, king of kings’
A
entitlement and arrogance.
4
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‘decay’
A
destruction of time.
5
Q
‘colossal wreck’
A
human achievements are insignificant compared to passing time.
6
Q
‘bare,’
A
enjambment stretches words to next lines to enact the stretching of time.
7
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‘ye mighty and despair’
A
represents the hubris of humanity and the impersonal yet destructive power of art and history.
