POEMS 2

Question 1

Ozymandias

2

Answer 1

“Shattered visage lies” irony, means broken head/ face. Even the most powerful of people cannot control time.

“Lone and level” alliteration, emptiness of the dessert.

Question 2

Exposure

Answer 2

“Merciless iced east winds that knife us…” personification, the wind seems to be attacking them.

“Sudden successive” sibilance, mimics the sound of flying bullets.

“-is it that we are dying?” Rhetorical question.

“Shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp.” Vivid imagery about the weather.