Ozymandias Flashcards
1
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“I met a traveller from an antique land.”
A
“antique” -theme, money makes people cruel
2
Q
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the dark”
A
lexical field of destruction- the poem mocks
3
Q
“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,”
A
power doesn’t last, art and language is eternal. The pedestal remains in tact
4
Q
“And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command.”
A
“cold command” is alliteration
5
Q
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
A
“king of kings” He thinks he’s superior to everyone else. “Look on my works”- he could be talking to god?
“mighty” is an imperative.
6
Q
“Nothing beside remains”
A
There’s nothing left of the empire he was once king of
