Ozymandiyas

Question 1

What is being referred to as the colossal wreck?

Answer 1

The colossal statue of King Ozymandias which lies in ruins is referred to as
the colossal wreck

Question 2

Who found the statue and where?

Answer 2

Who found the statue and where?
A traveler from an antique land whom the narrator had met saw the statue in
a desert

Question 3

What does the colossal wreck symbolise?

Answer 3

The colossal wreck symbolises the futility of pride and the great power of
time.

Question 4

iv) Give the antonym of the word ‘boundless’.

Answer 4

limited

Question 5

a) How many voices and settings can be identified in the poem?

Answer 5

There are three voices in the poem. One is of the narrator, the second voice is
of the traveler and the third voice is of King Ozymandias. There are two
settings: The first is the place where the narrator meets the traveler and the
second setting is a place in the desert land where the ruined statue lies.

Question 6

b) What did the traveler see in the desert?

Answer 6

The traveler told the narrator that he came across a queer scene in a desert
while he was travelling to an ancient land. He beheld two vast and trunkless
legs of stone standing in the desert. Near the trunkless legs a human face lay
half buried in the sand. The sculptor had very aptly carved the emotions of
the person whose statue it was.

Question 7

c) What quality of King Ozymandias does

Answer 7

The poem reflects upon the king’s grand delusions of his own power and
might, which he thought could be immortalized in stone. However, it proved to
be only a wishful thinking because all that remained of that statue was a
colossal wreck.

Question 8

d) Explain the lines – ‘The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.’

Answer 8

The hands of the sculptor made the statue of Ozymandias. The sculptor was so
skilled that he expressed all the feelings of the heart of Ozymandias on his
statue. The hands of the sculptor had quite skillfully carved the face and had
brought out all the expressions of cruelty and arrogance of the king, for the
viewer to see. The expressions can be seen even today, although the statue is in
ruins. It is a testimony to the craftsmanship of the sculptor