Ozymandias Flashcards
Who wrote ozymandias and when
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1818
What is the form of ozymandias
Sonnet poem
What is the irony of the form of the poem
love for himself (Rameses)
What pentameter is ozy written in
iambic pentameter
What is different with the iambic pentameter and why
Broken up with irregularity to show unable to control
What shows that Rameses II has been forgotten in first line
I met a traveller from an antique land
What is the top quote for ozy
Nothing beside remains.
What shows that art lives on
‘sculptor well those passions read/which yet survive’
What alliteration shows Rameses II bluntness
Sneer of cold command
What does the sculptor create
‘hand that mocked and the heart that fed’
What does it say on Ozymandias’ pedestal (including imperative)
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
What are the lines emphasizing natures power over man
colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
the lone and level sands stretch far away
