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AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE - POETRY ANTHOLOGY: CHARACTER AND VOICE

‘Ozymandias’by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Learning Objectives:- AO1: Respond to the using details from the poem to support your

opinion

- AO2: Analyse the writers’ methods (language, structure and form) and

the purposes of these methods

The title What is the meaning of Shelley’s title?

OzymandiasOzy comes from the Greek

“ozium” which means either, ‘to breathe’ or ‘air’.

Mandias comes from the Greek “mandate” which

means ‘to rule’.Now that you understand the meaning of the title, what do you think the poem

is going to be about?

Make a note of your ideas.

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Pharaoh Facts

The gods had a little help, in the form of

pharaohs. Pharaohs were the kings of

Ancient Egypt. In hieroglyphics, pharaoh

means “great house” or “palace”, a word

that was eventually used to describe the

king himself. The ancient Egyptians saw

their pharaoh as a god, more specifically as

the god Horus. They thought that when the

pharaoh died, a new Horus was born to rule

on earth, thus achieving eternal life. In

reality, the pharaohs headed the

government, the army, set taxes, judged

criminals and were high priests of all the

temples. All this was in theory, of course.

Appointed officials did most of the work,

in his name.

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/egypt/phar.html

First impressions Read the poem.

What are your first impressions of the tone and meaning?

Make a note of your ideas.

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Let’s take a closer look Answer the following questions by providing quotes and analysis. Think

PEA - point, example, analysis.

What does the adjective, ‘antique’, suggest? Is it a positive or

negative description, or is it both?

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What is the effect of creating a ‘traveller’ to narrate the story?

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Why does Shelley use ‘vast’ to describe the remains of the statue,

rather than ‘big’?

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What does the noun, ‘frown’ and the noun phrase ‘wrinkled lip’ suggest

about the nature of the Pharaoh?

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Up until line five, Shelley’s focus is on, primarily, the image of the statue in

the desert.


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Underline each NOUN and highlight each adjective up until line five.

Then, using this to aid you, in the space below, draw an image of Shelley’s

creation of Egypt. Make sure you draw every object the way they are

described by the poet.

At line 6, the poem subject shifts to the sculptor, Ozymandias’s

servant: ‘its sculptor well those passions read…’ How does this extract

support your previous answers?

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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kingsLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

a. What do you think these lines meant in the context of the time?

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b. What do you think these lines mean in today’s context? What does

the verb, ‘despair’, suggest?

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c. How many references are there to Ozymandias himself in these lines?

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d. ‘Mighty’ is a noun in line 11. Who does it refer to?

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e. Using punctuation, how has Shelley created the superior status of

Ozymandias? Note and explain two examples.

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Describe the grammar of this sentence: ‘Nothing beside remains.’ What

is its effect? Think about the contrast with the previous lines.


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Whose work has lasted - Ozymandias’ or the sculptor’s? What do you

think Shelley is suggesting?

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Rhythm and Rhyme


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Label the rhyme scheme.

Does the rhyme scheme follow the conventions of a Petrarchan sonnet?

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What is the symbolism of replacing old rhymes with new ones?

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What is the effect of the rhythm in the poem’s last line?

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My Itchy Toes Smell Loads Complete the table below with what you consider to be

the most important quotes and poetic devices within each

category.

meaning

imagery

tone

Structure and Form

language


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Comparing poems- AO3: Make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating

writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects

Use the Venn diagram to find the differences and similarities between the

two poems.

Sample exam question Compare the characters in ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘My Last Duchess’.

Compare the ways that voice is created in ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘My Last

Duchess’.


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‘Ozymandias’ ‘my last duchess’


Comparing poems- AO3: Make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating

writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects

Use the Venn diagram to find the differences and similarities between the

two poems.

Sample exam questions Compare the ways that character and voice is created in ‘Ozymandias’

and ‘Medusa’.

Compare the presentation of power in ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘Medusa’.


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‘Ozymandias’ ‘Medusa’


Planning an essay Using MITSL as a guide, create an essay plan or spider diagram for your

essay question. You must include 3 - 5 points of comparison. Number each

point in the order you would write about them in your exam. When you write

your essay, remember to analyse structural and poetic devices for their effect

and meaning. Don’t just list.

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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. Near them on the sand,

Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamp’d on these lifeless things,

The hand that mock’d 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.

Percy Bysshe Shelley


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Acknowledgments and thanksWritten by Chantel Mathias and Amanda Fiegel

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