1. What is the rhyme scheme of ‘Ozymandias of Egypt’?
   Ans:- A B A B AC D C E D E F E F
2. What is ironic about the inscription on the pedestal of

Ozymandia’s statue?
Ans:- The inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias statue says

I am Ozymandias, the king of kings, look on my works, ye

mighty and despair. This suggests that the king was very

arrogant. He thought that his kingdom would remain forever. But

his kingdom nowhere to be seen even his own statue was in a

detapidated state.

3. What is the only thing remaining in the vast desert?
   Ans:- The trunkless legs, the visage and the words on the

pedestal.

4. Who was Ozymandias?
   Ans:- Ozymandias was a powerful king of Egypt. He was proud

and arrogant. He claimed himself to be the king of kings.

Ozymandias lived with the believe that other mighty ruler would

not be able to attain his greatness.

5. What quality of Ozymandias does the narrator represent?
   Ans:- The poem reflects upon the king’s grand *delusions of his

own power which he thought could be immortalised in stone.

However it proved to be only wishfull thinking because all that

remained of that statue was a colossal wreck.

6. Write a brief note on the theme of ‘transience of power’ as

discussed in the poem.
Ans:- The poem is considered on of the most renowned political

poems. Ozymandias is an ideal example of the transience of

power. Ozymandias was once a mighty ruler but all that remains

of him now are ruins. The poem serves as an remainder that all

things will eventually come to an end, no matter how great or

powerful they may seem. Ozymandias is a reminder that time

will always merge on and that change is inescapable.
Ozymandias is a poetic war that is still relevant today.

The poem speaks to the universal truths of the trensience of

power. The poem is a reminder that no matter how great or

powerful someone may seem will eventually be forgotten and

their empire will crumble.’ Ozymandias’ is a timeless work that

reminds us of the fragility of our existence and the fleeting nature

of power.

7. ‘The hand that mocked them, and the neart that fed’, whose

hand and heart has the poet reffered to in this line?
Ans:- The ‘hand’ refers to the sculptors hand and the ‘heart’ refers

to the King’s heart.

8. How does the poet describe the expression on Ozymandia’s

face?
Ans:- The face of Ozymandias statue was shattered. The sculptor

was such a skillful artist that the expression on his face were still

very clear. They showed frown and hostility on the face of the

statue which reaveled that the looked down upon others and

arrogant and boastful king.

9. Bring out the central idea contained in the poem ‘Ozymandias

of Egypt’ by P.B. Shelley.
Ans:- The central idea of the poem ‘Ozymandias of Egypt written

by P.B. Shelly is the invitable declined of all leaders and the

empires they built. The poem is a reflection on the transience of

power and the ultimate futility of human ambision. It uses the

imagery of a shattered statue of the ancient Egyptian ruler
Ozymandias to convey the messege that even the most powerful

and mighty leaders will eventually be forgotten and their works

will crumble to dust. The poem serves as a reminder that all

things are temporary and we should not become too attached to

our accomplishments.

10. Identify the figures of speech in the poem.
    Ans:- There are seven figure of speech used in the poem-
    (i) Metaphore:- There is one intended metaphor in the poem. The

statue of Ozymandias metaphorically represents power legacy.
It clarifies the meaning of object and makes it clear that once the

king was mighty and powerful.
(ii) Personification: Shelleys used personification which means

human emotion for enimate objects. He uses personification

twice in the poem. The fifth line, “And wrinkled lep and sneer of

cold command” refers to the broken head of the statue. The

second example is in the sixth line, “Tell that its sculptor well

those passions read.” shows as if the statue is commanding the

sculptor.
(iii) Imagery:- Imagery is used to make the readers fell things

through the five scenes. The poet has used images involving a

sense of sights such as two vast and trunkless legs, a shattered

face, wrinkled lip and desert.
(iv) Alliteration:- Alliteration is the repeatation of the same

conconent sounds in the same lines of the poetry such as the use

of (e) in cold, the sound of (b) in boundless and bear and the

sound of (l) in lone and level.
(v) Injembment:- The term injembment refers to lines that end

without any punctuation maks. Shelley used enjembments in the

second and sixth line of the poem where it is stated, who

said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone” and “Tell that is

sculptor well those passions read.
(v) Assonance :- Assonance is the repeatations of the vowel

sounds in the same line such as the sounds of (a) in ‘stand’ and

‘sand’ and the sound of (e) in ‘well’ and ‘read’.
(vi) Irony:- Irony is a figure of speech uscal to present the

opposite meanings of word. Ozymandias description prevence

him as a mighty, greats and cruel king. But in reality there is

nothing but a broken lifeless statue.