ozymandias Flashcards

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what describes the structure of the poem

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sonnet (14 lines), single stanza, short poem

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rhyme?

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alternative rhyming couplets

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“whose frown and….

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wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command “

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“the hand that……

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mocked them and the heart that fed;”

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“My name is…

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ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works ye mighty and despair!”

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which words describe the mess leftover

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half sunk, nothing beside remains, decay, colossal wreck, boundless, bare, lone

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short sentences add

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emphasis

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what is the importance of the poet decribing that there is nothing left

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it is mocking ozymandias and is stressing that he has a reduced importance and that power is temporary

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what is the importance that the statue has fallen

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power loss, was there any attempt to maintain it (shows his lack of popularity), represents fall in reign.

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enjambment could reflect what

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the broken statue,

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