Ozymandias

Question 1

Who wrote Ozymandias?

Answer 1

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 2

What form does Ozymandias take?

Answer 2

It’s a type of Sonnet

Question 3

Who is the speaker in the poem?

Answer 3

There are many voices- the traveller, Ozymandias, the poet

Question 4

What is Ozymandias mainly about?

Answer 4

An arrogant Pharaoh whose statue is destroyed by nature

Question 5

Name the technique: ‘sneer of cold command’

Answer 5

Alliteration

Question 6

Name the technique: ‘Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand’

Answer 6

Caesura

Question 7

Name the technique: ‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:’

Answer 7

hyperbole

Question 8

Name the technique: ‘colossal wreck’

Answer 8

oxymoron

Question 9

What is the best word to describe the statue?

Answer 9

Dilapidated

Question 10

What technique is: ‘The heart that fed’

Answer 10

A metaphor

Question 11

What are themes in the poem?

Answer 11

Pride/Arrogance
Man Vs Nature
Art and Culture
Mortality
Domination
Power

Question 12

What famous ruler might the poem be inspired by?

Answer 12

Ramses II

Question 13

In which country is the statue that the traveller is describing?

Answer 13

Egypt

Question 14

Who was Percy Bysshe Shelley’s wife?

Answer 14

Mary Shelley

Question 15

The discovery of monuments by which leader inspired Shelly to write Ozymandias?

Answer 15

Napoleon

Question 16

‘I met a traveller from an antique land’ - First, second or third person?

Answer 16

First person

Question 17

‘The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed’ - What is meant by ‘mocked’?

Answer 17

Described

Question 18

My name is … Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair!’ - What technique is being used here?

Answer 18

Irony

Question 19

In which period did Percy Bysshe Shelley write Ozymandias?

Answer 19

Romantic period

Question 20

How can you compare Ozymandias with William Blake’s London?

Answer 20

They both express a dislike for the monarchy and they both deal with the theme of arrogance.

Question 21

How does Ozymandias differ to William Blake’s London?

Answer 21

One is a sonnet and one is in four quatrains

One is a first hand account and one is a second hand

Question 22

In Ozymandias, the inscription beneath the statue indicates that the king is…

Answer 22

Arrogant
Boastful
Proud

Question 23

Which quotation in the poem suggests that the sculptor has satirised (ridiculed) Ozymandias?

Answer 23

“The hand that mocked them…”

Question 24

What type of poet was Shelley?

Answer 24

A romantic poet

Question 25

True of False? | Shelley APPROVED of the British monarchy.

Answer 25

False. | Shelley DISAPPROVED of the British monarchy and was radical politically.

Question 26

What could you suggest the poem is a criticism of?

Answer 26

People who wield (have and use) power in an undemocratic way and rule as a tyrant.

Question 27

In Ozymandias, what suggests that art, language and literature are more enduring (lasting) than human power?

Answer 27

That nothing remains of Ozymandias except a statue and an inscription

Question 28

What KEY IDEA does the poem highlight?

Answer 28

The insignificance of humans compared to nature and time

Question 29

What does the JUXTAPOSITION between "colossal" and "wreck" emphasise?

Answer 29

The contrast between Ozymandias' former power and the statue's current state.

Question 30

What does the CAESURA in line 12 highlight?

Answer 30

How Ozymandias' power has come to an end.

Question 31

What is the ruined statue a METAPHOR for?

Answer 31

Political Power

Question 32

What's the technique used in the quote "look!" in Ozymandias?

Answer 32

Imperative Verb

Question 33

Which techniques does Shelley use to portray Ozymandias negatively?

Answer 33

Alliteration | Negative Imagery

Question 34

Which 2 words does Shelley juxtapose (place next to each other for effect) to emphasise that human power is temporary?

Answer 34

"Colossal" and "Wreck"

Question 35

What are examples of negative language Shelley uses to portray Ozymandias negatively?

Answer 35

"Wrinkled" "Sneer" "Frown" "Stamped"

Question 36

Fill in the Gaps: Shelley does not follow a ______ rhythm or rhyming scheme. This gives the poem a ______ (broken) feel. Shelley does this to reflect Ozymandias' crumbling power.

Answer 36

Regular, fragmented

Question 37

What type of poem traditionally is a SONNET? And what does this suggest about the poem?

Answer 37

A love poem - the poet could be making a little joke, pointing to Ozymandias' love for himself and his ego.

Question 38

What is the irony of the statue standing in a now "boundless and bare" desert?

Answer 38

Ozymandias commissioned the statue to make sure he was immortalised in people's memories. But instead he is surrounded by a "boundless and bare" desert and therefore seen by no one.

Question 39

What is the effect of the poem being a SECOND HAND ACCOUNT?

Answer 39

The speaker has not seen the statue for himself - this highlights how insignificant Ozymandias has now become.

Question 40

How does the speaker create IRONY in the poem?

Answer 40

The statue Second hand account Sonnet form

Question 41

What is the main irony in Ozymandias?

Answer 41

Ozymandias thinks his power will be immortal but it crumbles

Question 42

What poems could you compare Ozymandias to on the theme of POWER OF NATURE VS POWER OF HUMANS?

Answer 42

Exposure Tissue The Prelude Storm on the Island

Question 43

What poems could you compare Ozymandias to on the theme of POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS, MISUSE OF POWER AND CORRUPTION?

Answer 43

My Last Duchess | London

Question 44

There are many metaphors describing the statue in Ozymandias. The ruined statue is a metaphor for:

Answer 44

Political power