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Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology - Ozymandias

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Which of these words best describes Ozymandias's personality? Humble / Arrogant / Compassionate   Arrogant - because he thinks he is the most powerful king.  
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Who wrote the poem Ozymandias?   Shelley  
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Why does Shelley end the poem with a description of the desert?   It shows that Ozymandias was NOT powerful compared to nature as his statue lies in a 'colossal wreck'.  
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What is the form of the poem Ozymandias?   A sonnet, but he breaks the traditional rhyming rules.  
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What is the poem Ozymandias describing?   The statue of an ancient Eygptian King. It boasts about power in the inscription, but now lies in ruins.  
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How many voices are in the poem?   3 - The speaker, the traveller and Ozymandias  
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Ozymandias is written in iambic pentameter, what is it?   Line of verse written in five pairs of syllables each made up by an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.  
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True or False? Ozymandias symbolises political tyranny.   True  
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The image of a broken statue from a powerful civilisation represents...   The decay of of civilization and culture. The artist and the creation have long gone.  
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"Look on my works ye ??????, and despair" What is the missing word from this quote?   Mighty  
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What is the irony in the poem?   The contrast of the inscription about my great 'works', and the fact that the broken statue is all that remains of them.  
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"Half sunk, a shatter'd ?????? lies" What is the missing word from this quote?   visage  
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