Percy Bysshe Shelley (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Who was Ozymandias?
Who was Ozymandias?
Greek name for Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II
Central message of 'Ozymandias'
Central message of 'Ozymandias'
Fragility of human ambition
When was 'Ozymandias' written?
When was 'Ozymandias' written?
1818
Narrative structure of 'Ozymandias'
Narrative structure of 'Ozymandias'
Story-within-a-story / frame narrative
Physical state of the statue
Physical state of the statue
Trunkless legs stand; shattered visage half sunk in sand
Ozymandias's facial expression
Ozymandias's facial expression
Frown, wrinkled lip, sneer of cold command
What Ozymandias calls himself
What Ozymandias calls himself
King of kings
The inscription's command
The inscription's command
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Main irony in the poem
Main irony in the poem
No works remain, only ruins; boast becomes warning
Final image of the poem
Final image of the poem
Lone and level sands stretch far away, boundless & bare
What outlasts Ozymandias's empire
What outlasts Ozymandias's empire
Nature and time / the desert
What the sculptor's hand did
What the sculptor's hand did
Mocked them (captured ruler's arrogance)
Poetic form of 'Ozymandias'
Poetic form of 'Ozymandias'
14-line sonnet (Shakespearean & Petrarchan blend)
Alliteration examples in 'Ozymandias'
Alliteration examples in 'Ozymandias'
Boundless and bare; lone and level
What the statue symbolises
What the statue symbolises
Human ambition & desire for immortality