Ozymandias Flashcards
1
Q
what is the poem about
A
The poem’s persona meets a traveller who tells them a story about a giant, half- destroyed statue in the middle of the desert. The statue was of a cruel, powerful, and arrogant king.
2
Q
who wrote the poem (context)
A
Shelley was a Romantic poet. He wrote this poem after hearing of an explorer retrieving the statue of Ozymandias from the desert. Ozymandias (Ramses 11) was a powerful Egyptian pharaoh.
2
Q
themes of the poem
A
power
love
time
