Ozymandias

1. Ozymandias is the name of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and the place was called an “antique land” suggests that the country referred to has an older history such as Ancient Egypt. 2. The statue was described as “vast” and “boundless”. 3. The original monument was a royal tomb or religious temple to Ozymandias. 4. The ‘shattered visage’ is the face of Ozymandias, the pharaoh. 5. “Read” means that the sculptor understands and is able to reproduce the exact features of Ozymandias. The frown and arrogant “sneer of cold command” is a testament to the ability of the sculptor to read and capture the passions of Ozymandias. 6. The "lifeless things" are the fragments of the statue in the desert. 7. Ozymandias wishes to convey that he is the “king of kings” and is superior to them. 8. The irony is that Ozymandias felt that he was a great pharaoh. Hence he asked the “mighty to despair”. However, with time and the destruction of the statue as a representation of his works, they take on the opposite meaning. 9. Ozymandias appears to be a complacent king and has grand ideas about his own power. With a frown and “sneer of cold command”, he seems to be a tyrannical ruler. 10. This short sentence highlights the myth of permanence. Power and wealth were significant to Ozymandias, but after death, everything declines. 11. Alliteration is used as there are several words that start with the same letter, or example "besides," "boundless," and "bare"; "lone" and "level"; "sands" and "stretch." 12. The poem finishes with a melancholic note, as the empty scene depicted makes the huge wreck seem forlorn. 13. This poem is a sonnet. 14. The author’s purpose in writing this poem is about transience- how none of the pharaoh’s works lasted, and pride- how the pharaoh’s boastful words amounted to nothing. 15. This poem takes the form of a sonnet in iambic pentameter. 16. There is no rhyme scheme. The end of lines one and three rhyme,