Ozymandias

Question 1

Narrative

Answer 1

The discovery of a semi-destroyed statue of Ramesses II also know as Ozymandias. Which shows that power will not last forever.

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

-Percey shelley was a romantic poet
-Poem was written in 1817.
-Ozymandias was another name for the Egyptian Pharaoh.

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

-Sonnet rhyme scheme
-Ozymandias control and dictatorship has been destroyed over time.

Question 4

Form

Answer 4

Sonnet Rhyme scheme is irregular and it could be symbolic of the broken statue

Question 5

Language Techniques

Answer 5

Personification- “The hand that mocked them and the hear that fed”
Alliteration- “And wrinked lip, and sneer of cold command.
Assonance- “Half sunk, a shattered visage lies