Ozymandias

Question 1

A - intro

Answer 1

In the poem Ozymandias, Shelly retells a story of a once magnificent statue of Ramesis II decaying away in a distant desert as nature slowly consumes it.

Question 2

What is the mood expressed in Ozymandias

Answer 2

Overwhelming and hubris

Question 3

Quote for owerwhelming in Ozymandias?

Plosive Alliteration - destruction of nature Alliteration on “L” - lengthen syllables which mirros the infinity nature of nature sibilance - sound of desert eroding any trace of human endeavour

Answer 3

“Boundless and bare / the lone and level sands stretch far away.’”

Question 4

Quote for hubris in ozymandias?

Alliteration of harsh “C” sound - reflects his ruthlessness which the sculptor understood as he “mocks” him

Answer 4

“Wrinkled lips, and a sneer of cold command,”

Question 5

What are the ideas in Ozymandias

Answer 5

Anarchy

Nature will triumph over human endeavours

Question 6

Quote that expresses Shelley’s idea of anarchy

Answer 6

“The hands that mocked him and the heart that fed”

Question 7

Quote that expresses Shelly’s idea that nature will triumph over humans

Answer 7

“Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck,”

Question 8

Techniques Shelly uses

Answer 8

Sibilance and enjambment

Fragmented Iambic pentameter in the sonnet

Question 9

Shelly’s use of sibilance and enjambment that shows the relentless march of the sublime over human creations

Answer 9

“two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert.”

Question 10

Shelly’s use of Fragmented Iambic pentameter in the sonnet

fragmented iambic pentameter to show the flaws of human creation and that power of human is microscopic in the face of nature

Answer 10

“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay”

Question 11

My response to Ozymandias