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CBSE Class 10 Poetry Ozymandias
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Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
While on a sight-seeing tour to an old and mysterious country far away from
home, you saw this statue. Discuss with your partner what this picture tells you
about the people, the place and the ruler.
My Impressions
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The ruler must have been The people: ……………………
…………………………………. .………………………………....
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2. Write a letter to your friend about the sight you saw and your impression of it.
OZYMANDIAS
The son of a Rich Tory Squire, Percy Bysshe Shelley was educated at
Eton and then sent to Oxford. Shelley came under the influence of
revolutionary ideas of the English philosopher, William Godwin,
whose daughter, Mary Godwin he ultimately married. In 1818, Shelley
left for Italy; he drowned in the Bay of Spezia in 1822.
(iii) a palace
1 trunkless: without the upper body (the main part of the body of a human being or an animal,
excluding the head, neck, and limbs)
2 visage: face
3 sneer: facial expression of scorn or hostility in which the upper lip may be raised CBSE
4 read: interpreted
5 stamped: sculpted
6 beside: else 107
(i) admiration
(ii) anger
(iii) despair
(iv) contempt
(i) cruel
(ii) arrogant
(iii) boastful
(iv) aggresive
(i) words
(ii) expression
(iii) feelings
(iv) ambition
(i) mocking
(ii) nostalgic
(iii) gloomy
(iv) gloating
(a) "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed." Whose hand and heart has
the poet referred to in this line?
(b) "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:" Why does Ozymandias refer to himself
as King of Kings? What quality of the king is revealed through this statement.
(c) "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Who is Ozymandias referring to when
he speaks of ye Mighty? Why should they despair ?
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(e) 'Nothing beside remains.' What does the narrator mean when he says these
words?
6. Identify and rewrite the lines from the poem spoken by the narrator, the traveller
and Ozymandias:
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Ozymandias: ________________________________________________________
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Octave
Sestet
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Poetry 8. Complete the table listing the poetic devices used by Shelley in Ozymandias.
9. Imagine that Ozymandias comes back to life and as he sees the condition of
his statue, realisation dawns on him and he pens his thoughts in a diary. As
Ozymandias, make this diary entry in about 150 words. You could begin like
this: I thought I was the mightiest of all but...
10. 'Ozymandias' and 'Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments' are on Time.
Compare the two sonnets in terms of the way in which Time is treated by the
poets. Write your answer in about 150 words.
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