Ozymandias Flashcards
1
Q
Context
A
Percy Bysshe Shelly was a romantic poet
Focused on rebellion, nature and emotion
His wife Mary wrote Frankinstine
2
Q
Who’s it baised off
A
Baised off the most powerful Fero
3
Q
What voices are in the poem
A
Voice one- speaker ( line 1)
Voice two- traveller ( line 2-9)
Voice three- ozymanias ( line 10-14)
4
Q
Power of nature
A
“Two vast trunkless legs of stone-
Stand in the desert”
Nature broke it down
5
Q
The eternal pain of tyranny
A
“a shattered visage lies”
“sneer of cold conmand”
6
Q
The workers are forgotten
A
“It’s sculptor well those passions read which yet survive”
7
Q
Hubris
A
“I am Ozymandias king of kings”
This breaks order of sonnet.
8
Q
The Volta
A
At line 8 there is a Volta switching the poem from an octave to a selset.
