ozymandias

Question 1

WHO WROTE OZYMANDIAS

Answer 1

SHELLEY

Question 2

CONTEXT OF OZYMANDIAS

Answer 2

SHELLEY WAS AROMANTIC POET (ROMANTIC POETS EMPHASISED EMOTION AND FOCUESD THIER WORK ON THE POWER OF NATURE )
SHELLEYS RADICAL VIEWS WERE INSIPRED BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. HE DISLIKE ABSOLUTE RULERS AND OPPRESION OF AVERAGE PEOPLE

Question 3

WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT

Answer 3

A TRAVELLER MEETS THE NARATOR AND TELLS HIM ABOUT A STATUE IN THE DESSERT OF A KING WHICH IS NOW CRUMBLING DOWN

Question 4

HOW IS FORM USED IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 4

IT IS A SONNET WHICH IS NOT WRITEN WITH REGULAR RHYME TO REFLECT THE WAY HUMAN STRUCTURE AND POWER CAN BE DESTROYED

Question 5

HOW IS STRUCTURE USED IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 5

THE NARRATOR FOCUSES ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATUE AT A TIME AND ENDS BY DECRIBING THE DESERT TO SHOW ITS INSIGNIFICANCE

Question 6

WHAT DOES THE STATUE REPRESENT

Answer 6

THE RUINED STATUE REPRESENTS THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF POLITICAL POWER OR HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT. THE USE OF IRONY REFLECTS SHELLEYS HATRED OF OPPRESSION

Question 7

HOW IS LANGUAGE USED IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 7

TYRANNY OF THE RULER IS SUGGESTED THROUGH AGGRESSIVE LANGUAGE

Question 8

WHAT ARE THE KEY THEMES IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 8

POWER OF HUMANS
POWER OF NATURE
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS - PRIDE

Question 9

WHAT QUOTATION IMPLYES ARROGANCE IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 9

KING OF KINGS
SNEAR OF COLD COMMANDS- THE SCULPTOR UNDERSTOOD THE RULERS ARROGANCE

Question 10

WHAT QUOTATION USES IRONY IN OZYMANDIAS

Answer 10

SHATTERED VISAGE - EVEN A POWERFUL HUMAN CANT CONTROLL THE EFFECTS OF TIME

Question 11

HOW IS ALLITERATION USED

Answer 11

LONE AND LEVEL - DESCRIBING THE DESERT EMPHASISES ITS EMPTINESS