OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley

OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley v. Educated at Eton and then sent to Oxford v. Came under the influence of English Philosopher. William Godwin v. In 1818, left for Italy v. Drowned in the Bay of Spezia in 1822

13 th c BC Egyptian King, Ramses II, Greeks called ‘Ozymandias’

Identify the speakers of the lines taken from the poem given below ANSWERS I met a traveller from an antique land _______ ? Two vast and trunkless legs of stone My name is Ozymandias king of kings _______ ? ? ______

Answers: a) The Narrator b) The Traveller c) Ozymandias

Literary Device used in the poem Alliteration ‘cold command’ (line 5) ‘boundless and bare’ (line 13) ‘lone and level’ (line 14) ‘sands stretch’ (line 14)

Alliteration Repetition of initial sounds in two adjacent words in a line of a poem

Shelley’s Sonnet Follows the traditional structure – 14 line Italian sonnet an opening octave (8 lines) – presents a conflict or dilemma a sestet (6 lines) – offers some resolution Octave rhyme scheme – ababbbcb Sestet rhyme scheme - abacbc

Sonnet A poem that has 14 lines, each containing 10 syllables, and a fixed pattern of rhyme

MCQs 1. Ozymandias got his huge statue erected a) b) c) d) To be seen by the posterity for being mighty and powerful He had great love for art People will remember him for his nobility He wanted to convey the message that life is momentary 2. The poem highlights the nature of Ozymandias. That he was a) b) c) d) cruel humble arrogant aggressive

3. The sculptor who built the statue of Ozymandias could better understand his a) b) c) d) feelings words expression ambition 4. The backdrop of the poem is a) b) c) d) palace mountain desert wilderness

Answers: 1. to be seen by the posterity for being mighty and powerful 2. aggressive 3. feelings 4. desert