ozymandias

Question 1

(1) What quote from the beginning introduces the decay of the statue and sets the tone of the poem?

Answer 1

“I met a traveller from an antique land / Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone.”

Question 2

(2) Which quote in the beginning highlights the fragmented and ruined state of Ozymandias’s statue?

Answer 2

“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown / And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command.”

Question 3

(4) What quote from the middle conveys Ozymandias’s arrogant and boastful nature?

Answer 3

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: “

Question 4

(5) Which ending quote contrasts Ozymandias’s pride with the reality of his surroundings?

Answer 4

“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.”

Question 5

(6) What final quote emphasizes the insignificance of human achievements in the face of time and nature?

Answer 5

“The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Question 6

(3) Which middle quote reflects the power that art has over the perceived power of the monarchy?

Answer 6

“tell the sculptor well those passions read .”