Ozymandias Flashcards
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Narrative: Describe What Is Happening
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A traveller from an ANTIQUE land recounts the travels to a fallen statue of Ozymandias (Ramases ii).
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Ozymandias: Context
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Written in 1817. The historical context is the archaeological find being made in Egypt. Ozymandias was another name for Ramases ii
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Ozymandias: Structure
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The poem is written in iambec pentameter.
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Ozymandias: Form
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It is a sonnet
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Ozymandias: Lang. Techniques
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Line 1 - Adjective - Antique - old, rare, exotic
Line 2 - Adjective - Vast - Huge, makes statue mkre pompus
Line 4 - Adjective - shattered - signifies his power is broken/shattered
Line 5 - verb - sneer - pompus
