Ozymandias Flashcards
1
Q
“trunkless ___ of ____”
A
“trunkless legs of stone”
2
Q
“sneer of ____ ________”
A
“sneer of cold command”
3
Q
“nothing _______ remains”
A
“nothing besides remains”
4
Q
“king __ _____”
A
“king of kings”
5
Q
Structure?
A
-enjambment - creates an uneven pattern reflecting the broken nature of the statue, as well as that nothing can last forever
-caesura - breaking up of the statue
-sonnet
-short sentence “nothing but remains” to symbolise the finality of death and decay
6
Q
Context?
A
-Shelley was strongly anti-monarchy and a pacifist and rejected institutions of power
-based on the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II who thought himself to be very powerful
