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1
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When was Ozymandias written?

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1817

2
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What is the form of Ozymandias?

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A Sonnet, written in varying forms of iambic pentameter

3
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Why is caesura used after “who said:”?

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Set’s up the traveller’s tale, dramatizing the moment

4
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What is the quote starting with, “Two v…”?

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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”

5
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What is the quote starting with, “A sha…”?

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“A shatter’d visage lies”

6
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What is the quote starting with, “Sneer…”?

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“Sneer of cold command”

7
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What is the quote starting with, “The han…”?

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“The hand that mock’d them”

8
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What is the quote starting with, “My name is…”?

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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”

9
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What is the quote starting with, “Boundl…”?

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“Boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away”

10
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How and when is irony used?

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When the great king’s proud boasting has been refuted: civilisation has vanished, and all has been turned to a deserted, barren wasteland by the destructive power of time

11
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How is the theme of time shown?

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The inscription is the only thing which has endured time, showing the power of words

12
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Who wrote Ozymandias?

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

13
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What 3 other poems should you compare Ozymandias to?

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My Last Duchess
The Prelude
Storm on the Island