ozymandias Flashcards
(8 cards)
what is the poem about
a stranger walks along a desert and sees a crumbling statue
half…, a….. visage
-sunk, shattered
-the king was so obsessed with his superiority through the statue but his statue is now destroyed
sneer of…. ….
-cold command
-his mocking smile mocks his subject presenting kings arrogance
-disregard for his subjects
the hand that …. them
mock’d
-the artist iS mocking he command
-ironic as the hand is crumbled
my name is.. king… …
-ozymandias. of kings
-his pride mad him believe he was the greatest power in the universe
lone and.. sands.. .. away
level, stretch far
-he tried so hard to make Egypt great only for it to be forgotten and abandoned like him
-lone- like ozymandias
antique…
-land
-legacy of Egypt is forgotten
two.. and … legs of..
-vast, trunkless, stone
–shows how he is decaying and broken down like his power
