Ozymandias

Question 1

Form of poem

Answer 1

Sonnet

Question 2

Theme of poem

Answer 2

Form- sonnet
Sonnets are usually about love
Subverting the form of the poem with Ozymandias
Theme- self love
Nothing lasts forever, not even me (writing about mortality)

Question 3

I met a traveller from an _______ land

Answer 3

Antique
Old- sit on a shelf collecting dust- have no real purpose except to be admired, can be considered boring.
Shows that nothing lasts forever- Ozymandias was once ‘king of kings’ but over time, his power faded and him and all his ‘works’ became antique.

Question 4

Negative imagery of Ozymandias

Answer 4

‘Frown’ -noun

‘Wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command’ -alliteration, harsh sound. Sneer-noun

Question 5

Juxtaposes Ozymandias’ vision of immortality

Answer 5

‘Lifeless’ - adjective

Question 6

____ on my ______, ye Mighty, and _______!’

Answer 6

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Ironic because this shows that he expected himself to be immortal/ always be ‘king of kings’ which obviously didn’t happen.
Makes him look ridiculous and shows he’s arrogant because of how this juxtaposes with being an ‘antique’.

Question 7

Nothingness quotes

Answer 7

‘Decay’- noun
Colossal wreck’ : colossal- adjective, wreck- noun
‘Boundless and bare’- alliteration emphasises nothingness
‘Lone and level sands stretch far away’ - alliteration and sibilance
Lone- adjective

Question 8

Could represent his expectations of being immortal

Answer 8

‘Half sunk’

‘Shattered’

Question 9

Name meaning

Answer 9

Ozy- Greek ‘ozium’ - ‘to breathe’, ‘air’

Mandias- Greek ‘mandate’ - ‘to rule’

Question 10

Poet

Answer 10

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Like a modern rockstar