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OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley

OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Percy Bysshe Shelley Educated at Eton and then sent to Oxford Came under the influence of English Philosopher. William Godwin In 1818, left for Italy Drowned in the Bay of Spezia in 1822. 13 th c BC Egyptian King, Ramses II ,

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OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  1. OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

  3. 13th c BC Egyptian King, Ramses II, Greeks called ‘Ozymandias’

  4. 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 ? ___________

  5. Answers: • The Narrator • The Traveller • Ozymandias

  6. 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)

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

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

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

  10. MCQs • Ozymandias got his huge statue erected • 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 • cruel • humble • arrogant • aggressive

  11. 3. The sculptor who built the statue of Ozymandias could better • understand his • feelings • words • expression • ambition • 4. The backdrop of the poem is • palace • mountain • desert • wilderness

  12. Answers: • to be seen by the posterity for being mighty and powerful • aggressive • feelings • desert

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