Poetry - Ozymandias

• Why was Percy Shelley expelled from university?

  For writing a paper in favor of atheism
• Who did Percy Shelley marry after his first wife's death?

  Mary Shelley
• Why was Percy Shelley not successful during his lifetime?

  He wrote almost just for himself
• What were Percy Shelley's political beliefs?

  Pacifist and vegetarian
• Why is King George III significant to the poem "Ozymandias"?

  He was involved in many military conflicts
• Who were the most famous early Romantic poets?

  Wordsworth and Coleridge
• How did the second generation of Romantic poets distinguish themselves from the early Romantics?

  By setting their poems in foreign lands and the past
• Who was Ramses II?

  An Egyptian pharaoh
• Why is Ramses II significant to the poem "Ozymandias"?

  He led many military campaigns
• What was the real-life inspiration for the poem "Ozymandias"?

  The British Museum acquiring a statue of Ramses II
• What is the major theme of "Ozymandias"?

  The delusion of power
• What is the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet?

  14 lines with an octave and a sestet
• What is the significance of the volta in a sonnet?

  It marks a sharp turn in the poem
• What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?

  ABBA ABBA
• How does Shelley use the statue in "Ozymandias" to convey his message?

  It symbolizes the fleeting nature of power
• What does the inscription on the statue in "Ozymandias" say?

  My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings
• What does the desert symbolize in "Ozymandias"?

  The isolation and decay of power
• What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

  ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• How does Shelley critique religion in "Ozymandias"?

  Through the depiction of a fallen idol
• What is the meter of a Shakespearean sonnet?

  Iambic pentameter
• How does Shelley use the traveler in "Ozymandias"?

  To provide a detached perspective
• What is the setting of "Ozymandias"?

  A desert
• What does the shattered visage in "Ozymandias" represent?

  The decay of power
• What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

  Sonnet
• How does Shelley use irony in "Ozymandias"?

  By showing the futility of power
• What is the volta in "Ozymandias"?

  The shift from description to reflection
• How does Shelley use the sculptor in "Ozymandias"?

  To show the lasting power of art
• What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

  ABABACDCEDEFEF
• How does Shelley use the desert in "Ozymandias"?

  To emphasize the isolation of power
• What is the meter of "Ozymandias"?

  Iambic pentameter
• How does Shelley use the inscription in "Ozymandias"?

  To show the arrogance of power
• What is the volta in a Petrarchan sonnet?

  Line 9
• How does Shelley use the traveler's perspective in "Ozymandias"?

  To provide a detached view of the scene
• What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?

  ABBA ABBA
• How does Shelley use the statue's inscription in "Ozymandias"?

  To show the futility of power
• What is the meter of a Petrarchan sonnet?

  Iambic pentameter
• What is the volta in a Shakespearean sonnet?

  Line 13
• What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

  ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• What is the meter of a Shakespearean sonnet?

  Iambic pentameter
• How does Shelley use the desert in "Ozymandias"?

  To emphasize the isolation of power