Ozymandias Flashcards
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Who wrote ‘Ozymandias’?
Percy Bysshe Shelley, a Romantic poet.
When and where was ‘Ozymandias’ first published?
In The Examiner, in January 1818.
What form is ‘Ozymandias’?
A sonnet: 14 lines of iambic pentameter.
Which Egyptian pharaoh was known to the Greeks as Ozymandias?
Ramesses II.
Who describes the ruined statue to the speaker in ‘Ozymandias’?
A traveller from an antique land, so the story is second-hand.
Complete the quotation from ‘Ozymandias’: “Look on my works, ye Mighty, …”
“… and despair!” The words on the statue’s pedestal.
Which phrase in ‘Ozymandias’ describes the statue’s arrogant expression?
“sneer of cold command”
Which device is “The lone and level sands stretch far away” in ‘Ozymandias’?
Alliteration, like “boundless and bare” in the line before.
What are the main themes of ‘Ozymandias’?
The limits of human power, pride, and the power of time and nature.