Ozymandias

Question 1

“Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare”

Answer 1

-Colossal, meaning vast or huge, is a
metaphor for his ego rather than the
statue
-Show how enormous his power is

Question 2

Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Answer 2

-The statue is barely standing, the rest is ruined and missing. Suggesting that it is being eaten away by time and the desert (nature), a futile struggle to survive where nobody is around to care.
-loss of power over time

Question 3

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed

Answer 3

-Creul harsh ruler treating his people badly

Question 3

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Answer 3

Cold command, sneer: suggests Ozymandias’
character as powerful and arrogant ironic now
there is nothing left. Synaesthesia.

Question 4

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

Answer 4

The tone, indicated by the exclamation is strong and authoritative, irony is that nobody is listening.
-Present the tyrant egotisical nature thinking he is the best

Question 5

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Answer 5

-Views himself as omnipotent to other kings shows his pride arrogance
-The use of the caesura makes the reader pause trying to make the person capsulate Ozymandias name

Question 6

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Answer 6

-Nature and time has made the statue “decay” presenting the power of nature compare to mankind

Question 7

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Answer 7

-Irony is used to show the emptiness of the desert metaphor for Ozymandias power suggest it has depreciated