Ozymandias - Mixed Practice
Prep Phase
Read the following poem carefully.
On a scale of 1-10, how well did you understand this poem? (1 = not well; 10 = very well)
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On a scale of 1-10, how confidently could you teach or articulate the ideas in this poem: (1 = not confident; 10 = very confident)
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Take a moment to identify the words and phrases that stuck out or resonated with you. Write them down below:
Objective Questioning:
The poet met a traveller on the road. Where did the poet say this traveller from?
Egypt
A far away land
An antique land
The desert
What did the traveller say he saw?
Ruins in the desert
The skeletal remains of a person
Two mummies, like stone in the sand
All of the Above
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Based on the poem, we can infer that "trunkless" legs are:
Legs on an elephant
legs without a body
Legs that have been eroded by the elements
Legs that are insignificant
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Who did the "trunkless" legs belong to?
The traveller
The poet
An ancient king
An ancient sculptor
We can infer that Ozymandias was:
Kind and generous
A courageous warrior
Wise, but very old
Cruel and powerful
What is the ironic (or unexpected) about this poem?
Ozymandias thought he would be eternally powerful with his statue, yet the only lasting pieces of his legacy are in ruins.
The traveller turns out to be the "king of kings", something nobody saw coming.
The sculptor made a mistake when creating the statue, and that is why it has not lasted through time.
The expression of the "shattered visage" is actually comical since it is a frown upside down.
What does the statue of Ozymandias stand for?
Powerless victims in the face of opression
Beauty and goodness
Tyranny and corrupt power
Wealth and riches
Which line(s) from the poem best supports the answer above?
"Half sunk a shattered visage lies"
"a...sneer of cold command"
"Round the decay...The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair"
What best describes the poem's main idea?
Power, good or evil, are eventually defeated and reduced to nothing
All tyrants and evil corrupt are eventually defeated and reduced to nothing
Good monarchs will always triumph over evil tyrants
Only time and erosion will destroy evil monarchs
What best describes the tone of speaker in this poem?
Vengeful
Bitter
Solemn
Irritated
Which summary best suits the poem?
The speaker recalls meeting a traveler, who told him a story about the ruins of a statue in the desert of his native country. Two vast legs of stone stand without a body, and near them a massive, crumbling stone head lies in the sand. The traveler told the speaker that on the pedestal of the statue appear the words, “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” This statue is a symbol of man’s arrogance, and how tyrannical leaders all succumb to death and decay, no matter their power.
The speaker recalls meeting a traveler, who told him a story about the ruins of a statue in the desert of his native country. Two vast legs of stone stand without a body, and near them a massive, crumbling stone head lies in the sand. The traveler told the speaker that on the pedestal of the statue appear the words, “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” But around the decaying ruin of the statue, nothing remains. There is no kingdom, just sand.
Which of the following is NOT a good example of elaboration:
I envisioned ancient Mayan ruins as I read about this poem. Just like the remains of Ozymandias, the ancient Mayans were a powerful civilization that succumbed to the effects of time. If they had any tyrannical leaders, they were not immune to death and decay. Like the sand in the poem overtaking the ruins, the jungle has covered up most of the Mayan civilization. Makes me wonder what our civilization will look like in a thousand years.
In the poem, the speaker talks about meeting a traveler from an ancient land. The traveller tells the poet of a statue that has been eaten away by the sand, and no longer stands tall and powerful as it once did. Some statues do last, however; like the ones in Petra or Rome. Perhaps only the statues of cruel people are destroyed by those who hated them.
Which answers best respond to the following question: (You can select more than one)
->Do you believe the main idea was effectively communicated? Why or Why not.
Yes; this sonnet from 1817 is probably the poet’s most famous and most published poem. It is devoted to this message: the shattered remains of corrupt power will always be found in the dusts of time. This is a message everyone can support.
Yes; the telling of the story, and not the subject of the story itself, makes the poem more memorable. Framing the poem as a story told to the speaker by “a traveller from an antique land” enables the poet to add another level of obscurity to Ozymandias’s position with regard to the reader—rather than seeing the statue with our own eyes, so to speak, we hear about it from someone who heard about it from someone who has seen it. Thus the ancient king is rendered even less commanding.
Which answers best respond to the following question:
(You can select more than one) -> Do you agree with the main idea, why or why not?
No; I do believe that tyranny is always destroyed in time as opposed to rebellions. Rebellions often make things worse; take the Russian and French revolutions. Tyranny must be waited out, like a bad storm. It is useless to try and stop the corrupt.
No. Unfortunately, not all corrupt power is defeated. If we look across history, the continual struggle for power and tyranny repeats itself. Sure, one corrupt ruler might pass away, but another tyrant is always there to replace it. This is seen even in modern-day politics, where corrupt government officials remain in office, or are replaced by someone else corrupt.
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