Ozymandias

Question 1

‘King of Kings’

Answer 1

Has a rhythmic, old testament biblical resonance; Pharaoh wants to be god but shelley was atheist,so he could be mocking him

Question 2

“And despair

Answer 2

It is chilling and signify human cruelty. The 2 words are elongated and Ominous if your read slow, with a chopping pitched syllable at the end for emphasis

Question 3

Sibilance

Answer 3

‘sh’ + ‘s’ perhaps like wind whistling over sand dunes and also symbolize the eeriness of passing time and degraded power

Question 4

Structure of Ozymandias

Answer 4

Sonnet written in Iambic Pentameter
It has an octave and a sestet,each with their own themes and line 9 contains the volta
It is a Pertrachan Sonnet