Ozymandius

Question 1

Ozymandias, Power and control context

Answer 1

King George III (ruler at the time)=> Ramesses II. Violent Rulers

Question 2

Ozymandias, Quote traveller

Answer 2

I met a traveller from an antique land

Question 3

Ozymandias, Theme power and time

Answer 3

Those with power, are deluded and believe their power is eternal

Question 4

Ozymandias, Theme Art and its power to stay

Answer 4

What does last from Ozymandias is the art

Question 5

Ozymandias, structure

Answer 5

A mix of Petrarch/Shakespearean sonnet in iambic Pentameter. It changes like power.

Question 6

Ozymandias, Half sunk

Answer 6

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Question 7

Ozymandias : mocked quote

Answer 7

The hand that mocked them

Question 8

Ozymandias, My name is

Answer 8

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
- juxtaposed with statue being a “colossal wreck”
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
- double meaning in “despair” - link to conflicting interpretations of power