Ozymandias

Question 1

these words at the beginning show how far removed the reader is from this old land

Answer 1

traveller…antique

Question 2

first narrative voice introduced, leads onto second

Answer 2

I met…Who said

Question 3

the statue is very large but has fallen apart, it is in a barren area

Answer 3

vast and trunkless legs of stone/Stand in the desert

Question 4

the head of the statue has fallen off, shows that time in the desert destroys even the mightiest statues

Answer 4

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies

Question 5

this language is used to convey how cold and emotionless the statue is, how it once held power. consonance used to emphasise cruelty

Answer 5

frown…wrinkled lip…sneer of cold command

Question 6

despite the sculptor being long gone, the fruits of their labour lives on in the form of this statue, all that there is to remember the past’s power

Answer 6

sculptor…Which yet survive

Question 7

double entendre as this word could be that a mere mortal made the statue but also that the king may have literally ridiculed the people

Answer 7

The hand that mocked them

Question 8

contrasts previous statement that the king also supplied all his people

Answer 8

heart that fed

Question 9

the statue was erected to celebrate achievement and power

Answer 9

pedestal

Question 10

third narrative voice, biblical reference to king, shows the king believed he had divine right

Answer 10

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings

Question 11

king is asking people to bow down and fear him

Answer 11

Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair!

Question 12

irony as all that is left is the statue, shows time passes on

Answer 12

Nothing beside remains

Question 13

the statue has lost its grandeur over time

Answer 13

Decay

Question 14

all great things come to an end and get destroyed

Answer 14

colossal wreck

Question 15

alliteration emphasises the irony of the situation, everything that once was, is gone

Answer 15

boundless and bare

Question 16

more alliteration shows that the statue is a small remnants in a massive desert

Answer 16

lone and level.

Question 17

the sand goes to the horizon, it is infinite

Answer 17

far away

Question 18

what is this poem actually about

Answer 18

Pharoah Ramesses II who was pharoah around the time of Moses

Question 19

who was Ramesses similar to

Answer 19

George III of England as they both held succesful military campaigns

Question 20

What Uni did Shelley go to?

Answer 20

Oxford and he got expelled for being an atheist

Question 21

how did the poet die

Answer 21

he drowned on his way to Italy

Question 22

What were his views

Answer 22

he was a pacifist and vegetarian

Question 23

how successful was he

Answer 23

very unsuccessful in his life but now is considered one of the greats

Question 24

What could this poem be considered

Answer 24

an attack on Christianity as it explores how power fades

Question 25

Symbols of power become what?

Answer 25

monuments for the next civilisation for example this is now in the British museum