Ozymandias

Question 1

Narrative

Answer 1

It is about ozymandias and how he thinks he is the ‘king of kings’ and only cares and loves himself.

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

Over a period of time his staute sinks and crumbles in the desert sand which shows his power crumbling and disappering and himself becoming worthless.

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

This poem is a sonnet (a poem of 14 lines).

Question 4

Form

Answer 4

The poem is short and is a tragedy.

Question 5

Language techniques

Answer 5

The poem contains siblence, alliteration and an oxymoron, ‘colossal wreck’.