Ozymandias seen poetry

Question 1

What are the 4 tones in Ozymandias?

Answer 1

Stanza 1: narrative
Stanza 2: mocking
Stanza 3: scornful/hubristic
Stanza 4 : finality/collected

Question 2

What are the 4 voices?

Answer 2

1. Narrator
2. Traveller
3. Ozymandias
4. Sculptor, indirectly

Question 3

Prove that the statue was made for self-glorification

Answer 3

“pedestal”
“vast and trunkless legs”: magnitude
“My name is Ozymandias…”: aggressiveness/ boastfulness
“sneer”: conceit

Question 4

Explain the irony that the poem conveys.

Answer 4

1. Intention was to glorify himself and his possessions
2. all that remains is legs, pedestal, shattered visage
3. The hand that mock’d: sculptor truth remains

Question 5

Explain the intention of the poet with reference to the last stanza.

Answer 5

A single man is unimportant in the grand scheme of history.
alliteration in boundless and bare emphasises how the colossal monument is reduced to ruins,

Question 6

discuss the form of the poem

Answer 6

Not exactly a petrarchian sonnet; shattered like he is, though there is regular rhyme (iambic pentameter) symbolising the marching of time.

Question 7

“lone/level” and “sands stretch” emphasise what?

Answer 7

the length of the sounds are an indication of how infinite time is and how short his reign, in comparison, was.

Question 8

What are the 4 tones?

Answer 8

1. Narrative
2. Mocking
3. scornful
4. finality

Question 9

what voices are there?

Answer 9

1. The narrator
2. The traveller
   3.Ozymandias
   4.The scupltor

Question 10

How is the reader positioned to feel?

Answer 10

scornful then a sense of calm/collectedness/ finality

Question 11

Discuss how the statue links to its purpose

Answer 11

size: magnitude of ruler
inscription: vanity (boastful tone)
sneer: conceit

Question 12

discuss the structure of the poem

Answer 12

not exactly a petrarchian sonnet: shattered like him. iambic pentameter: marching of time inevitable

Question 13

comment on the irony in the poem:

Answer 13

intention of statue: glorify himself and possessions
but… all that remains is ruins; all that remains is work of sculptor
just left with the impression he was vain.

Question 14

Whatis the intention of the poet? explain using the last stanza.

Answer 14

A single man is unimportant in the grand scheme of history; alliteration in boundless and bare emphasises how the colossal monument was reduced to ruins

Question 15

what is the effect of the alliteration in lone/level and sand/stretch?

Answer 15

slow sounds: emphasise infinte time compared to short reign.