Power and Conflict Poetry

Question 1

OZYMANDIAS
Hyperbole - emphasises size and also shows the statue is incomplete (along with his now lack of power)

Answer 1

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Question 2

OZYMANDIAS
Dramatic Irony - even a powerful human can’t control the damaging effects of time
People in power lie

Answer 2

Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies

Question 3

OZYMANDIAS
alliteration - the sculptor understood the arrogance of the ruler
sneer(shows arrogance)

Answer 3

sneer of cold command

Question 4

OZYMANDIAS
Repetition, hyperbole - shows his arrogance + power
quote from Ozymandias himself

Answer 4

king of kings

Question 5

OZYMANDIAS
Alliteration, oxymoron - shows how human achievements are insignificant compared to passing of time.
empty, although endless possibilities

Answer 5

colossal wreck, boundless and bare

Question 6

What type of poet is Percy Shelley?

Answer 6

Romantic poet

Question 7

What form is ozymandias?

Answer 7

Sonnet - without regular sonnet rhyme scheme