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Ozymandias Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Ozymandias’?

A

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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2
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When was ‘Ozymandias’ written?

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1818

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3
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Who is ‘Ozymandias’ about?

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Rameses II

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4
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Why was Rameses II called ‘Ozymandias’?

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name in ancient Greek sources
derived from Egyptian-language regnal name

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5
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What was Rameses II Egyptian regnal name?

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Usermaatre Setepenre

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6
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What is the form of ‘Ozymandias’?

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sonnet

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7
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Why is the form of ‘Ozymandias’ ironic?

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sonnet ; love/respect
no love/respect in poem

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8
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What is the structure of ‘Ozymandias’ like?

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framed narrative

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9
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What type of poet was Percy Bysshe Shelley?

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romantic poet

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10
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What is relevant about the adjective ‘colossal’?

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  • undermines what it says on plinth ‘look at my satue’ ; its destroyed
  • Colossus destroyed by nature like how statue of Rameses II has been
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11
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What is the name for the technique using elongated vowel sounds that is used in ‘Ozymandias’?

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assonance

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12
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finish the quote : ‘I met a…

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…traveller’

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13
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finish the quote : ‘from an…

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…antique land’

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14
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finish the quote : ‘two vast and…

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…trunkless legs of stone’

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15
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finish the quote : ‘sand in the…

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…desert…’

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16
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finish the quote : ‘on the sand…

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…half sunk’

17
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finish the quote : ‘a shattered…

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…visage’

18
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finish the quote : ‘whose frown…

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…and wrinkled lip’

19
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finish the quote : ‘sneer of…

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…cold command’

20
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finish the quote : ‘its sculptor…

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…well those passions read’

21
Q

finish the quote : ‘which yet…

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…survive’

22
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finish the quote : ‘stamped on…

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…these lifeless things’

23
Q

finish the quote : ‘the hand that…

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…mocked them’

24
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finish the quote : ‘the heart that…

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…fed’

25
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finish the quote : ‘on the…

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…pedestal’

26
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finish the quote : ‘my name is…

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…ozymandias’

27
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finish the quote : ‘king of…

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…kings’

28
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What is interesting about the line ‘king of kings’?

A

usually refers to God
blasphemy

29
Q

finish the quote : ‘look on my…

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…works’

30
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finish the quote : ‘ye…

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…Mighty and despair’

31
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finish the quote : ‘nothing beside…

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…remains’

32
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finish the quote : ‘round the…

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…decay’

33
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finish the quote : ‘that colossal…

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..wreck’

34
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finish the quote : ‘boundless and…

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…bare’

35
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finish the quote : ‘lone…

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…and level sands’

36
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finish the quote : ‘stretch…

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..far away’

37
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What does the use of assonance at the end of ‘Ozymandias’?

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desert stretches for as far as eye can see
-> nature is mighty

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