Ozymandias

Question 1

“Half _ A _ _ _”

Answer 1

“Half sunk a shattered visage lies” - Power

Question 2

“_ land”

Answer 2

“antique land” -power of nature

Question 3

“Lone _ _ _ stretch _ _”

Answer 3

“lone and level sands stretch far away” - power of nature

Question 4

“Nothing _ _ round _ _ of _ _ _”

Answer 4

“Nothing beside remains- round the decay of that colossal wreck” -nature supremacy over man

Question 5

“Sneer _ _ _”

Answer 5

“Sneer of cold command” -corruption

Question 6

“_ _ _ mocked _ _ _ heart _ _”

Answer 6

“The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed” -corruption

Question 7

“look _ _ works _ _ _ despair”

Answer 7

“look on my works, ye mighty and despair” -corruption

Question 8

“P_”

Answer 8

“Pedestal” -arrogance

Question 9

“_ of _”

Answer 9

“King of Kings”

Question 10

Context in Ozymandias

Answer 10

“Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1817, reflects on the impermanence of power. Set against the backdrop of the Romantic era, the poem uses the ruined statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (Ozymandias) to show that all human achievements eventually decay. Shelley critiques the hubris of rulers, emphasizing that time and nature will erode even the greatest legacies.

Question 11

key themes in Ozymandias

Answer 11

• power of nature
  -impermanence of human power
  -corruption
  -hubris + arrogance
  -power of time/ mortality of man

Question 12

Stucture + form in ozymandias

Answer 12

-sonnet form
-unconventional structure- volta at line 9- reflects how human structures can be destroyed

Question 13

Transient definition

Answer 13

lasting only for a short time; impermanent

Question 14

hubris definition

Answer 14

excessive pride or self-confidence