!Ozymandias

Question 1

The sculptor could see the cruelty/meanness in Ozymandias’ face and chiselled it into the statue. (SHOWS HIS ARROGANCE)

Answer 1

“Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

Question 2

Ozymandias is so arrogant and cocky, he thinks he is above everyone, including God.

Answer 2

“Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

Question 3

Shelley uses imagery to get the point that nothing of Ozymandias’ is left. And even if it is, it’s in thousands of pieces.

Answer 3

“colossal wreck”

Question 4

Shelley uses the letter “b” as a plosive to emphasise the vastness and sheer power of this otherwise desolate desert.

Answer 4

“boundless and bare”

Question 5

The structure of Ozymandias is a sonnet, as it has …? This is known as iambic pentameter.

Answer 5

14 lines and 10 syllables.

Question 6

Ozymandias is about the power of nature, but mostly the power of time. It is also about the power of authority. What else can it link to?

Answer 6

My Last Duchess