Ozymandias

Question 1

Story line

Answer 1

A speaker learning from a traveler about a giant, ruined statue that lay broken and eroded in the desert. The Egyptian King is ozymandias.

Question 2

Info

Answer 2

‘Cold command’ = evil and specific to the point of what he was like

Question 3

Comparison to other poems

Answer 3

My last duchess

Storm on the island

Question 4

Form and structure

Answer 4

It is a SONNET - sonnet form nut the poem is not about love so it is very ironic

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Features of a sonnet:
14 lines, 3 quatrains - 4 line stanzas then a 2 line eg one rhyming couplet and ten syllables per line uses iambic pentameter
(5th rhythm - 2 lots of five)

Question 6

Quote

Answer 6

‘Sculptor well those passions read’ - the

person who made the statue knew how scary he was

Question 7

Rhyme scheme

Answer 7

ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG

Question 8

Poetic techniques used

Answer 8

Alternate rhyming 
Alliteration 
Repetition of bisyllabic words
Onomatopoeia 
Personification 
Plosive alliteration 
Iambic pentameter

Question 9

Themes

Answer 9

The power of a person 
Humanity vs nature
Time
Pride
Arrogance

Question 10

About

Answer 10

He was a tyrant and a dictator

‘Sheer’ - he was not a nice leader