Ozymandias (Poem)
by Percy Shelley
I.
Read the following Poem
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
II.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
Who was Percy Bysshe Shelley?
Whom does the poet meet?
What kind of a place is the land visited by the traveler?
The poem has two settings. Identify them.
Who was Ozymandias?
What else did the traveler find in the sand?
What is the only thing remaining in the vast desert?
How was the visage?
What do the words tell us about the King?
10. What lesson did you learn from poetry?
11. What features on the King’s face tell that he was proud?
12. What else says that he was proud?
13. What happens to people who are proud?
14. What did the inscription on the pedestal below the statue say and what indicated?
15. How did the poet come to know about the broken statue of Ozymandias?
16. What is the main theme of the poem?
17. In what condition was the statue found?
18. How does the poet describe the expression on Ozymandias’ face?