Ozymandias

• What quotes uses imperatives to show Ozymandias' authority?

  'Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair'
• What quote shows Ozymandias' desire to be values and worshipped above all others?

  'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings'
• What quotes uses a personal pronoun to highlight Ozymandias' narcissism?

  'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings'
• What quote indicates Shelley's distain for the real Rameses by portraying him in an unflattering light?

  'sneer of cold command'
• What quote uses sibilance to emphasis Ozymandias' harsh nature?

  'sneer of cold command'
• What quote highlights the power of the weather and nature over humans and their works?

  'shattered visage'
• What quote uses double entendre to imply Ozymandias' legacy as well as his statue have been destroyed?

  'shattered visage'
• What quote is a metaphor for ruined political power?

  'vast and trunkless legs of stone'
• What quote uses alliteration of plosive sounds to highlight Ozymandias' harsh and complete destruction?

  'round the decay of that collosal wreck, boundless and bare'
• What quote begins with caesura to indicate that people have moved on and life goes on after Ozymandias' demise?

  '...Round the decay of that collosal wreck, boundless and bare'
• What quote uses juxtaposition when referring to the statue to indicate how much Ozymandias has lost?

  'Round the decay of that collosal wreck, boundless and bare'
• What quote is a metaphor for the destruction of political power that emphasises the power of nature?

  'half sunk'
• What quote uses a short sentence to indicate Ozymandias' complete loss of power and the finite nature of the situation?

  'Nothing beside remains.'
• What three quotes can link London and Ozymandias?

  'marks of weakness, marks of woe' AND

  'look on my works, ye mighty, and despair' both show the negative emotions that arise as a result of dictators being in power and regulating people

  'runs in blood down palace walls''

  AND

  'king of kings' Both indicate how the monarchy and ruling class have been corrupted by power and are now cruel dictators that cause harm
• What quotes can link London and Ozymandias?

  'look on my works' AND 'chartered street.../ Chartered Thames' both display the physical examples of power that the ruling class can force on us, by displaying narcissistic statues or controlling the minutia of everyday life
• What poem and quote can you link to 'shattered visage'?

  Exposure - 'iced winds that knife us' Both show the violent physical effect of the wether and it's power over man
• What poem and quote can you link to 'nothing beside remains'?

  Exposure - 'but nothing happens'? 'Nothing' can indicate the empty feeling left by the weather and the destruction it can wreak. Ozymandias shows how it is so powerful it can destroy manmade structures and Exposure highlights how it can destroy men themselves.