Ozymandias - 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What does the phrase ‘lifeless things’ suggest?
A
- Control, conflict, power
2
Q
What is a ‘pedestal’?
A
- Greatness, dictator
3
Q
What is the very important phrase which is power of bloodline?
A
- ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings’
4
Q
What is the poem set around?
A
- Arrogance of an individual
5
Q
When century is Ozymandias set in?
A
- The past - historical setting
6
Q
What poem is Ozymandias linked to and how?
A
- Linked to My Last Duchess as both poems focus on power of individual
7
Q
What do MLD and Ozymandias both do?
A
- They both use enjambment to tell a story, power and what remains
