Ozymandias

Question 1

Language

Answer 1

‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ here we are seeing him say how much more powerful he is than everyone else. Also we see him use superlatives to emphasise this. We are also seeing him boast.

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

We see the poem written as a sonnet meaning it is 14 lines and in iambic pentameter. We also see the use of a caesura in the middle of line 3 to give it importance.

Question 3

Theme

Answer 3

Power of nature