ozymandias quotes

Question 1

“a shattered visage lies”

Answer 1

1. shattered shows the power of nature and how it is beyond repair
2. his power and his empire was all destroyed by nature and time.
   Shattered = adjective to show it is destroyed

Question 2

“nothing beside remains”

Answer 2

1. Volta of the poem before this he was full of ego and thought he was all powerful but then it all changes . shows how your life can shift just like that.
2. caesura puts emphasis on the short sentence and makes the reader pause and think about the change

Question 3

Structure and form

Answer 3

sonnet to show his love for himself and power

Iambic pentameter - 10 syllables a line

Question 4

“my name is Ozymandias, king of kings:”

Answer 4

1. hyperbole- presenting himself to be more powerful than he really is.
2. symbolic- he worships power so much that he wants to title of king to boost his ego even more
3. juxtaposition- he’s claiming he’s so powerful but two lines later he’s saying how nothing remains. also saying he’s god like but if he was so god like whys he dead and whys his statue in the middle of the desert.
4. alludes to the bible as jesus is referred to as the king of kings this shows how he views himself as god-like

Question 5

context

Answer 5

he (an egyptian pharoh ramsses II) was addicted to power and he was victim of patriarchy as he believed that as a man he needed to be very powerful by