Ozymandias Flashcards
1
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summarise:
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The poem concerns the discovery of a semi-destroyed and decaying statue of Ramesses Il, also known as Ozymandias, and shows how power deteriorates and will not last forever.
2
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“My name is Ozymandias…
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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; /Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
3
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“Nothing beside…
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“Nothing beside remains.”
4
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“the decay / Of that…
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“the decay / Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare”
5
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“The hand that mocked them, and the…
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“The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;”
6
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Two vast and…
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Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
7
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yet survive, stamped on…
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yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things
8
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sneer of
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sneer of cold command
