Ozymandias Flashcards
1
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Percy Bysshe Shelly
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Romantic - distain for Ramses II’s hubris
2
Q
1st
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“I met a traveller […] Who said”
“vast and trunkless legs of stone”
“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”
3
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2nd
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“wrinkles lip, and sneer of cold command”
“Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things” - effects of his cold/tyrannical attitude have been captured on inanimate objects for so long - powerful aura OR to serve as a reminder that such acts are foolish ‘things’
“The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed”
“on the pedestal these words appear” - introduction of ANOTHER enclosed narrative
4
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3rd
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“MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS: LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!”
“Nothing beside remains”
“colossal wreck, boundless and bare”
“lone and level sands stretch far away”
