OZYMANDIAS Flashcards
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OZYMANDIAS?
LOOKS AT THE INEVITABLE DOWNFALL OF ALL RULERS AND TYRANTS AND HOW NOTHING EVEN POWER DOESNT LAST FOREVER
WHAT IS THE FORM OF OZYMANDIAS?
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written in iambic pentameter used to mirror Ozymandias’ egotistical love of himself.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF OZYMANDIAS?
all power is temporary, no matter how prideful or tyrannical a ruler is.
regardless of how powerful man becomes nature will always prevail.
WHAT ARE 4 QUOTES FROM OZYMANDIAS?
TRUNKLESS LEGS OF STONE
SNEER OF COLD COMMAND
KING OF KINGS
LOOK ON MY WORKS YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR
WHAT DOES THE QUOTE ‘TRUNKLESS LEGS OF STONE’ SHOW?
BARELY STANDING
EATEN AWAY BY TIME
A FUTILE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE WHERE NO ONE IS AROUND TO CARE
WHAT DOES THE QUOTE ‘SNEER OF COLD COMMAND ‘ SHOW?
POWERFUL ARROGANT IRONIC
THINKS HE IS ABOVE ALL
WHAT DOES THE QUOTE ‘KING OF KINGS’ SHOW?
HOW JESUS IS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE
THINKS HES A GOD
WHAT DOES THE QUOTE ‘LOOK ON MY WORKS YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR’ SHOW?
STRONG AND AUTHORITATIVE
IRONIC NO ONES LISTENING