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Eng Lit - Ozymandias
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Quote 1 | ‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/ Stand in the desert’ |
| Quote 2 | 'Half sunk, a shattered visage lies’ |
| Quote 3 | ‘wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command’ ' |
| Quote 4 | My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' |
| Quote 5 | 'Nothing beside remains’ |
| Quote 6 | 'colossal wreck’ |
| form | Sonnet. Turning point (volta) at line 9 - Petrarchan sonnet. Does not follow a regular sonnet rhyme scheme. |
| iambic pentameter | It uses iambic pentameter but this is also often disrupted. |
| does not follow a regular sonnet rhyme scheme | reflecting the way that human power and structures can be destroyed |
| second-hand acount | distances the reader even further from the dead king |
| language | language of power. everyday language. angry language. |
| language of power | human power. the poem focuses on the power of Ozymandias. his power has been lost and is only visible due to the power of art. nature has ruined the statue. nature and time have more power than anything else. |
| everyday language | 'Who said' |
| angry language | 'king of kings' 'ye Mighty' = arrogant and powerful. The tyranny of the ruler is suggested through aggressive language. |
| what the poem is about - point 1 | the narrator meets a traveller who tells him about a statue standing in the middle of the desert. it's a statue of a king who ruled over a past civilisation. |
| what the poem is about - point 2 | his face is proud and he arrogantly boasts about how powerful he is in an inscription on the statue's base |
| what the poem is about - point 3 | the statue has fallen down and crumbled away so only the ruins remain. |
| feelings and attitudes - pride | the ruler was proud of what he'd achieved. he called on other rulers to admire what he did. |
| feelings and attitudes - arrogance | the inscription shows that the ruler believed that he is the most powerful ruler in the land - nobody else could compete with him. he also thought he was better than those he ruled. |
| feelings and attitudes - power | human civilisations and achievements are insignificant compared to the passing of time. art has power to preserve elements of human existence, but it is only temporary. |
| 'I met a traveller from an antique land' | Shelley frames the poem as a story to make it clear that the narrator hasn't even seen the statue himself, he's only heard about it. this emphasizes how unimportant Ozymandias is now. |
| 'stand in the desert' | the setting suggest an absence of life and vitality. |
| 'sneer of cold command' | the scultptor understood the arrogane of the ruler |
| 'the hand that mock'd them' | 'mock' can mean to ridicule or to create a likeness of something - perhaps the sculptor intended his statue to make fun of Ozymandias |
| 'Look' | imperative. having a stressed syllable at the start of the line - heightens Ozymandias's tone of command |
| 'Of that colossal wreck' | the ruined statue shows how human achievements are insignificant compared to the passing of time. juxtapopsition. |
| 'lone and level' | alliteration. empahsizes the feeling of empty space in the surrounding desert. |
| 'boundless and bare' | alliteration |
| 'cold command' | alliteration |
| 'stretch far away' | the desert is vast and survives for longer than the broken statue emphasizing the insignificance of the statue and of Ozymandias |
| irony 1 | 'shatter'd visage' - even a powerful human can't control the damaging effects of time |
| irony 2 | 'despair!' - he tells other rulers to 'despair' because of the size and grandeur of his 'works' but in fact they should despair because their power is temporary and utimately unimportant like his. |
| What were Romantic poets interested in? | Romantic poets were interested in emotion and the power of nature. |
| What did Shelley dislike? | The concept of a monarchy and the oppression of ordinary people. |
| Structure: First 8 lines | -First eight lines (the octave) of the sonnet: the statue is described in parts to show its destruction. |
| Structure: Final 2 lines | Final two lines: the huge and immortal desert is described to emphasis |
| Who wrote Ozymandias? | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| When was Ozymandias written? | 1818 |
| Ozymandias is also known as ... | Rameses II |
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HJB1972
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