Ozymandis

Question 1

Key ideas

Answer 1

Power of art
Humans start from nothing and end in nothing;death levels all humans
Human power is insignificant in comparison with nature and time

Question 2

Key themes

Answer 2

Power of nature, power of humans, pride, abuse of power

Question 3

Key quotes

Answer 3

‘Desert/sand’ at beginning and end of poem making human life appear insiginificent
“Looks on my works,ye mighty, and despair!”-ozymandis think no one will ever reach is power but eventually all his power is gone and forgotten and new lewders move on.
Juxtapsoition ‘collosal’ and ‘wreck’-Representation of Ozymandias himself – once great (‘colossal’) and apparently unbreakable but now a ‘wreck’

Question 4

Form/structure

Answer 4

Sonnet
Single stanza- short stanza which indicates shortness of ozymandis power
Shrt 4 sentences-indicate shortness of his power
Rhyme scheme-irregular sonnet rhyme scheme-like broken statue, the ‘broken’ rhyme scheme has ‘crumbled’ whcih reflects that human power is not strong or long-lasting