1. OZYMANDIAS
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

2. Percy Bysshe Shelley Educated at Eton and then sent to Oxford
Came under the influence of English Philosopher. William Godwin
In 1818, left for Italy
Drowned in the Bay of Spezia in 1822

3. 13th c BC Egyptian King, Ramses II,
Greeks called ‘Ozymandias’

4. Identify the speakers of the lines taken from the poem given below
ANSWERS
I met a traveller from
an antique land
_____________ ?
Two vast and trunkless
legs of stone
_____________ ?
My name is Ozymandias
king of kings
___________ ?

5. Answers:
The Narrator
The Traveller
Ozymandias

6. Literary Device used in the poem
Alliteration
‘cold command’ (line 5)
‘boundless and bare’ (line 13)
‘lone and level’ (line 14)
‘sands stretch’ (line 14)

7. Alliteration Repetition of initial sounds in two
adjacent words in a line of a poem

8. Shelley’s Sonnet
Follows the traditional structure – 14 line Italian sonnet
an opening octave (8 lines) – presents a conflict or dilemma
a sestet (6lines) – offers some resolution
Octave rhyme scheme – ababbbcb
Sestet rhyme scheme - abacbc

9. Sonnet A poem that has 14 lines, each containing 10 syllables,
and a fixed pattern of rhyme

10. MCQs
Ozymandias got his huge statue erected
To be seen by the posterity for being mighty and powerful
He had great love for art
People will remember him for his nobility
He wanted to convey the message that life is momentary
2. The poem highlights the nature of Ozymandias. That he was
cruel
humble
arrogant
aggressive

11. 3. The sculptor who built the statue of Ozymandias could better
understand his
feelings
words
expression
ambition
4. The backdrop of the poem is
palace
mountain
desert
wilderness

12. Answers: to be seen by the posterity for being mighty and powerful
aggressive
feelings
desert