ozymandias quotes

Question 1

‘i met a — from an — —‘

Answer 1

ozymandias

‘i met a traveller from an antique land’

‘i met a traveller’ - heard from someone else, ozymandias has lost power and importance

‘antique land’ - ancient egypt? ozymandias was a great ruler but is now just a broken statue in the desert

Question 2

‘half sunk, a — — lies’

Answer 2

‘half sunk, a shattered visage lies’

‘half sunk’ - useless, like rubbish

‘shattered visage’ - forever broken and useless. may be powerful in life but weak in death

Question 3

‘— of — command’

Answer 3

‘sneer of cold command’

metaphor - cruel, cold and arrogant

not a pleasant and fair ruler

Question 4

‘The hand that — them and the — that —‘

Answer 4

‘the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed’

metaphor

shows his level of power. he was arrogant, mocked and looked down on his subjects and was the one in control of giving them life.

poet is criticising authority

Question 5

‘— of —‘

Answer 5

‘king of kings’

omnipotent (all powerful)

Question 6

‘nothing besides —‘

Answer 6

‘nothing besides remains’

nothing lasts forever, even ozymandias, a high power ruler who his people thought would live on and reign forever is now nothing but a forgotten and destroyed statue.

Question 7

‘— wreck’

Answer 7

‘colossal wreck’

juxtaposition- something so large and so small

Question 8

‘boundless and —, the lone and — sands — far away.’

Answer 8

‘boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away’

b and b, l and l - alliteration

s and s - sibilance