Poetry - Ozymandias

Question 1

What type of poem is Ozymandias?

• What does this symbolise?

Answer 1

A sonnet - typically about love

• Ozymandias’ love for himself

Question 2

What type of rhyming is used in Ozymandias?

• What does this symbolise? 3 points

Answer 2

An irregular rhyme scheme

• Lack of control
• Irregularity of power; it never lasts
• Narcissism is not a love worth having

Question 3

What themes are in Ozymandias?

• Theme 1 - how is this shown?
• Theme 2 - how is this shown?
• Theme 3

Answer 3

• Power of humans - the deluded belief that power lasts forever
• Power of nature - nature defeats this masterful king
• Arrogance

Question 4

QUOTE
Shattered

• technique?
• shows?
• Ozymandias is?
  > Highlights power is?
  > This is seen from the word?

Answer 4

“Half sunk, a shattered visage of lies”

• Metaphor
• Shows power of nature - it has taken over
• Ozymandias is forgotten - juxtaposes him from earlier
  > Highlights how power is transient (not forever)
  > Adjective shattered = his power has been obliterated

Question 5

QUOTE
King

• Technique (2)
• Shows?
• King = ? –> irony - why?
• Theme of?

Answer 5

“King of kings”

• Repetition
• The degree of power and hubris (arrogance) brought by his reign
• Noun = superlative –> Irony
• Transience of humanity/power (not forever)

Question 6

QUOTE
Sneer

• Technique?
• Shows?
• Theme?
• Sneer = ?
• Technique?
• Shows? theme?

Answer 6

“Sneer of cold command”

• Oxymoron
• Arrogance of the statue and his ruling
• Theme of arrogance
• Sneer = verb highlighting arrogance and power
• Alliteration = harsh c
• Shows harsh ruling and power - irony as it was wiped out by nature

Question 7

QUOTE
Colossal

• Technique?
• Highlights? theme?
• Emphasises?
• Word = severity of ruling

Answer 7

“of that colossal wreck”

• Metaphor
• Highlights the contrast of how he used to destroy things yet now he’s destroyed - nature
• Emphasises human transience
• Wreck = noun; highlights how severe he was