Ozymandias

Question 1

finish the quote: ‘cold..

Answer 1

…command’

Question 2

‘cold command’

Answer 2

• consonance
• amplifies Ozymandias’ harshness

Question 3

rhyme scheme

Answer 3

• atypical rhyme
• could be shelley acknowledging that everything fades in the end
• even poetic tradition

Question 4

finish the quote: ‘boundless..

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..and bare’

Question 5

finish the quote: ‘lone and…

Answer 5

..level’

Question 6

finish the quote: ‘sands…

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…stretch far away’

Question 7

‘boundless and bare’
‘lone and level’
‘sands stretch far away’

Answer 7

• alliteration
• echo
• emphasises the sense of vast emptiness

Question 8

form of poem

Answer 8

• mostly a sonnet
• 14 lines
• love poem

Question 9

‘my name is Ozymandias, king of kings:’

Answer 9

• 10th line
• an exception to iambic pentameter
• talking about himself
• arrogant

Question 10

finish the quote: ‘vast and..

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…trunkless legs of stone’

Question 11

‘vast and trunkless legs of stone’

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• Ozymandias was originally powerful and sturdy, but is now weak and broken

Question 12

finish the quote: ‘shattered..

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…visage’

Question 13

‘shattered visage’

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• statue’s broken face suggests that no person, not even Ozymandias has long lasting power

Question 14

‘colossal power wreck’

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• despite Ozymandias’ arrogance, his empire has crumbled

Question 15

title of poem - Ozymandias

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• naming a poem after a person implies power/arrogance
• Ozy - comes from Greek ‘Ozium’ = ‘to breathe’ or ‘air’
• Mandias - Greek - ‘mandate’ - to rule
• his name suggests that it is natural for him to rule

Question 16

finish the quote: ‘I met…

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..a traveller..’

Question 17

finish the quote: ‘who..

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..said’

Question 18

‘I met a traveller…’
‘who said’

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• by framing the poem as the story within a poem, a sense of distance is created between the reader and Ozymandias - he isn’t as powerful or famous as he thought he would have been

Question 19

finish the quote: ‘which yet survive..

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…stamped on these lifeless things’

Question 20

‘which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things’

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• the contrast between ‘survive’ and ‘lifeless’ reminds the reader that Ozymandias is dead, and his legacy almost is too

Question 21

finish the quote: ‘look..

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..on my works’

Question 22

‘look’

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• imperative implies Ozymandias is arrogant, especially as he is commanding

Question 23

finish the quote : ‘king..

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..of kings’

Question 24

finish the quote: ‘ye..

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..Mighty’

Question 25

‘king of kings’
‘ye mighty’

Answer 25

• religious language implies arrogance
• Ozymandias thinks he is better than God

Question 26

finish the quote: ‘And on the..

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..pedestal these words appear’

Question 27

‘And on the pedestal these words appear’

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• ‘pedestal’ - connotations of power and authority
• Ozymandias once he has this

Question 28

finish the quote : ‘The hand…

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..that mocked them’

Question 29

‘mocked’

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• Ozymandias is presented in a negative way
• Shelley may have wanted to show that authority can corrupt people, perhaps inspired by his own political beliefs or family relationships

Question 30

finish the quote: ‘from an..

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…antique land’

Question 31

‘antique’

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• connotations of being old, outdated and fragile
• it suggests that Ozymandias’ land is no longer relevant, indicating that he is not as powerful or famous as he thought he would have been

Question 31

finish the quote: ‘Look on my works…

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…ye Mighty, and despair!’

Question 31

‘despair!’

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• feels superior highlighting his arrogance

Question 32

mood and tone

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• negative - Ozymandias - ‘frown’
• sense of desolation - ‘sands stretch far away’