Ozymandias

Question 1

What structure types are used in ozzymandias

Answer 1

Sonnet and and irregular rhyme scene

Question 2

What does the sonnet show

Answer 2

They’re typically about love
Perhaps about ozymandias’ love for himself
Perhaps about love for nature as nature always wins

Question 3

What does the irregular rhyme scene show

Answer 3

Symbolises a lack of control and the irregularity of power-that it never lasts
Conveys how narcissism is not a love with is worth having

Question 4

What themes are in ozymandias

Answer 4

Power of humans
(Their deluded belief that their power is everlasting)
Power of nature
(How nature is the only true power that can defeat everything)
Pride
Abuse of power

Question 5

What is quote number 1 and what does it show

Answer 5

half sunk,a shattered visage lies
-metaphor
-shows the power of nature,it’s taken over
-he is long forgotten and will continue to be unidentifiable
-reinforces the idea that power is transient and fleeting
-shatterd symbolises how pier has been obliterated and shatterd -he has lost to Mother Nature

Question 6

What is quote number 2 and what does it show

Answer 6

*King of kings *
-reveals his arrogance and narcissism,believes himself to be omnipotent

Question 7

What is quote number 3 and what does it show

Answer 7

*Sneer of cold command *
-looks down on his subjects
-harsh alliteration which reflects his harsh style of ruling and how he treated his subjects

Question 8

What is quote number 4 and what does it show

Answer 8

Of that colossal wreck
-Unidentifiable and insignificant
-reflects the descrtuction he used to conflict
-nature has truly won

Question 9

Ozymandias context

Answer 9

a representation of King George III and all figures of power. He plays with the literal and the metaphorical to create an overwhelming sense of irony surrounding the fall of the King’s influence.