Ozymandias

Question 1

Ozymandias

I met a __________ from an ___________ land

Answer 1

I met a traveller from an antique land

Old valuable from forgotten area
First person
Shows the author has not seen the statue unimportant even of Ozymandias

Question 2

Ozymandias

Round the __________ / Of that _______ wreck

Answer 2

Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck

Human achievements are insignificant to time

Question 3

Ozymandias

The ______ and ______ sends stretch ___ away

Answer 3

The lone and level sands stretch far away

Alliteration - empty space in desert
Desert survives far longer than statue Insignificance of Ozymandias

Question 4

Ozymandias

And ________ lip, and sneer of _____ command,

Answer 4

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Ruler was arrogant. Sculpture knew. Powerful. Vain. Better than everyone else. Alliteration.

Question 5

Ozymandias

Which yet _________, stamp’d on these ______ things,

Answer 5

Which yet survive, stamp’d on these lifeless things,

Survived vs lifeless can’t immortalise power