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LO: To analyse the techniques used in the poem To better understand sonnet structure

LO: To analyse the techniques used in the poem To better understand sonnet structure To recognize links to modern day. 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,

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LO: To analyse the techniques used in the poem To better understand sonnet structure

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  1. LO: To analyse the techniques used in the poem To better understand sonnet structure To recognize links to modern day

  2. 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.

  3. Perhaps based on a story Shelley had read about a funeral temple of the Egyptian pharaoh, Ramesses II, whom the Greeks called Ozymandias. • According to the story, the temple bore an inscription which read: ‘I am Ozymandias, king of kings; if anyone wishes to know how great I am and the place where kings like me lie, let him surpass any of my works.’

  4. Many think Shelley wrote this sonnet in anticipation of the arrival of a statue of Ramesses II at British museum in the early 1800’s.

  5. Ramesses II • Ramesses II during his reign built more temples and monuments, took more wives (8) and had more children (over 100) than any other pharaoh. • He wanted to built memorials for himself, which he imagined would last forever.

  6. Ramesses II • However, he used “slave labour” to build them and the workers suffered hardship under his control. • Today, many of these memorials and statues have crumbled into the sands of the desert.

  7. A sonnet • How many lines are there? • Is the rhythm regular or irregular? • How do the lines rhyme (the rhyme scheme)? • What is the theme (main idea) of the poem?

  8. I met a traveller from an antique land

  9. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies

  10. Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert..

  11. The poem has been interpreted in a number of different ways, but all centre on the irony in Ozymandias‘s declaration that the "Mighty should look upon my works, and despair". What message/messages do you think the poet is trying to convey?

  12. Does this poem remind you of any modern day figures, political or otherwise?

  13. Modern day tyrants - how many do you recognise?

  14. TYRANTS • Who was who? • Sadaam Hussein • Genghis Khan • Adolf Hitler • Josef Stalin • Fidel Castro

  15. The poem in popular culture…

  16. A sonnet –extension Is this a typical sonnet? Compare it to a Shakespeare sonnet. Look at: • The number of lines • The rhythm: regular/irregular • The rhyme scheme • The theme: is it about love?

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