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Ozymandias

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I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert.

(a) The poet was informed about the broken statue by.....................

(i) Ozymandias (ii) some travellers (iii) the sculptor (iv) a traveller

(b) The legs of stone belonged to....................

(i) Ozymandias (ii) the traveller (iii) the statue (iv) the poet

(c) The word, 'trunk' in this context means....................

(i) upper part of a body (ii) part of a tree (iii) legs of the statue (iv) none of the above

Solution

(a) a traveller

(b) the statue

(c) upper part of a body

Some More Questions From Ozymandias Chapter

'The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed.' Whose hand and heart has the poet referred to in this line?

'My name is Ozymandias, the king of kings:' Why does Ozymandias refer to himself as king of kings? What quality of the king is revealed through this statement?

'Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!' Who is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of ye Mighty? Why should they despair?

Bring out the irony in the poem.

'Nothing beside remains'. What does the narrator mean when he says these words?

What is your impression of Ozymandias as a king?

What message is conveyed in this poem?

Identify and rewrite the lines from the poem spoken by the narrator, the traveller and Ozymandias.

Poetic Device Lines from the poem
Alliteration ... and sneer of cold command
Synecdoche (substitution
of a part to stand for the
whole, or the whole to stand
for a part) the hand that mock'd them

What is the setting of the poem, ‘Ozymandias’ ?

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