Ozymandias Flashcards
A quote showing the size of the statue and how it is incomplete
“…:Two vast and trunless legs of stone
Comes after a ceasura
Showing how it hasn’t stood up to the test of time
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies
Showing how he was a bad ruler
Sneer of cold command
Showing hubris
King of Kings
A metaphor for his Ozymandias’ ego
Colossl wreck, boundless and bare
Alliteration showing how nature will always win out?
“boundless and bare”
“Lone and levels”
“sand strech”
Who wrote Ozymandias?
Percy Shelly
Describe the poet?
A romantic poet who was interested in creativity and imagination of nature
He was a revolutionist and was against absolute monarchy
He was a big supported of the French Revolution
When was the poet written?
1817
Who was Ozymandias?
Greek name for Ramsis II (Perhabs this undermines his Egyption heritage)
Showing that Ozymandias isn’t important anymore
“I met …
Who said”
It is a second hand accunt of a memory
What type of poem is it?
A sonnet
It has some elements of a patrachen sonnet
How does the poet use structure?
Volta on line 9
Story is a second hand accunt of a memory
How does the poet use language?
Irony (he is bosting about something which is now destroyed
Monarchys are described in a bad way
Feelings and attitudes
Pride
Arrogance/Hubris
Power
