ozymandias

Question 1

author

Answer 1

percy bysshe shelley

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• shelley was a romantic poet

- after unearthing of statue of egyptian king ramses ii

Question 3

structure

Answer 3

• sonnet, could be used to mirror ozymandias’ egotistical love for himself
• story, ozymandias’ legacy only lives on through the traveller

Question 4

paragraph 1

Answer 4

• cold and callous power, unsympathetic, arrogance
• ‘sneer of cold command’ - fricative c sound is harsh, like his attitude, contrasts the hot dessert
• ‘my name is ozymandias, king of kings’ - only line to have 11 symbols, draws attention to arrogance, disrupts rhythm of the poem, biblical, sees himself as a god
• ‘look and despair’ - imperative, inhumane cruelty

Question 5

paragraph 2

Answer 5

• inevitable loss of power after time, while the art remains
• humans are ephemeral art is forever
• traveller telling the story - art of storytelling more significant
• ‘half sunk, shattered visage’ - 2 sides of human nature, neglected statue
• ‘tell that its sculptor well those passions read’ - desperate to be remembered yet sculptor gains more recognition
• ‘nothing beside remains’ - bathos, anticlimactic following speech, power and wealth are insignificant