Ozymandias Flashcards

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two vast…

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and trunkless legs of stone

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2
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desert…

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… <– caesura (near them on the sand)

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3
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a shattered…

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visage lies

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4
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whose frown…

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and wrinkled lip

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5
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the hand that…

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mocked them

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6
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sneer of…

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cold command

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7
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on the…

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pedestal

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8
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king…

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of kings

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9
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nothing…

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beside remains

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10
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decay..

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of that colossal wreck

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11
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the lone..

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and level sands stretch far away

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12
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what is the semantic field in this poem?

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age , to display how power deteriorates with age

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13
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why did Shelley depict Ozymandias so harshly?

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she was a Romantic and hated the royals

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14
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what is the form of this poem?

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incomplete sonnet

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15
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what is the significance of the incomplete sonnet form?

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Shelley displays how she is against typical power

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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