Ullathorne Ozymandias

Ozymandias is a ...

• 20th century poem

• pre-20th century poem

• funny poem

• war poem

Ozymandias is a Greek name for which Egyptian Pharaoh?

• Rameses II

• Tutankhamen

• Cleopatra

Percy Bysshe Shelly was very wealthy. Why is this relevant?

• He loved to show off his money

• It enabled him to travel in Europe which influenced his poetry

• He bought many fabulous properties

• He used his money to help poor people in "antique lands"

The poem Ozymandias had the following theme

• Power and glory does not last forever

• Human Power is everything

• Statues are a way of achieving immortality

• People will fear Ozymandias forever

What form does this poem take?

• Free Verse

• Heroic Couplets

• Ballad

• Sonnet

How many voices are in the poem?

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 5

"And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command..."

This suggests that Ozymandias was a ... ?

• ...man of the people

• ... strong yet compassionate leader

• ... cruel, arrogant and unfeeling ruler

• ... much loved hero.

Two "trunkless legs of stone" were found with

• a shattered visage

• a shattered hand

• a shattered heart

• a shattered pedestal

The poem shows that power is ... ?

• permanent

• what we all should strive for

• not a guarantee of immortality.

• found in physical objects

Structure.

How many syllables are there in each line?

• 2

• 5

• 22

• 10