Ozymandias Flashcards
Ozymandias meaning
It’s a monumental symbol to men’s hubris
Author is?
Percy Shelly
Who was Percy Shelly?
He was a romantic poet, married to Mary Shelly.
Who is the powerful ruler?
Rameses 2 (1303-1213 bc)
What did the king supposedly do?
Help build the civilisation by building cities, temples and monuments.
What are 3 key points made by Shelly in this poem?
- time is a destroyer
- human life is transitory and insignificant
- death levels all
What quote shows the second hand view of Oyzs power?
“I met a traveller from an antique land”
What quotes could emphasise the enormity of the statue?
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”
What is the last line of the poem and what does it represent?
“The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Shows isolation and that death levels all
The quote “look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” Shows what?
Connotations of arrogance and immortality. Ironic as these words are mocked by current state of the statue. Juxtaposition of arrogance vs reality
“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies” shows what?
No longer important, he is lost to time and forgotten
