Ozymandias Flashcards
1
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two vast…
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and trunkless legs of stone
2
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desert…
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… <– caesura (near them on the sand)
3
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a shattered…
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visage lies
4
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whose frown…
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and wrinkled lip
5
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the hand that…
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mocked them
6
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sneer of…
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cold command
7
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on the…
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pedestal
8
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king…
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of kings
9
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nothing…
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beside remains
10
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decay..
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of that colossal wreck
11
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the lone..
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and level sands stretch far away
12
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what is the semantic field in this poem?
A
age , to display how power deteriorates with age
13
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why did Shelley depict Ozymandias so harshly?
A
she was a Romantic and hated the royals
14
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what is the form of this poem?
A
incomplete sonnet
15
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what is the significance of the incomplete sonnet form?
A
Shelley displays how she is against typical power
16
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how does the end of the poem contrast the start?
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end- description of nature
start- description of a person
—> nature overrules
