Ozymandias

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Sonnet: love (loves himself and power)

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

Power of nature
Freud: id
Patriachy

Question 3

Nothing

Answer 3

Nothing besides remains.

• Volta (switching from oxymandias’ great power to the fact that his empire is gone)
• Caesura (emphasises the fact that nothing remains)

Question 4

My name

Answer 4

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings

Ozymandias is saying that he is god

• Hyperbole (he is over the top)
• Juxtaposition (juxtaposes “nothing beside remains”)
• Symbolism (he worships power)

Question 5

A shattered

Answer 5

A shattered visage lies

• “Shattered” implies he is beyond repair
• Nature (time) has shattered him