Designing Deconstruction: Structure in Ozymandias
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A worksheet exploring the form and structure of Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, focusing on how structural choices impact meaning and reader interpretation.
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Designing Deconstruction: Structure in Ozymandias
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Introduction to the Structure of Ozymandias
This worksheet examines the form and structural features of Percy Shelley’s poem, exploring how these elements reinforce the poem's themes of power, decay, and impermanence.
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Analyzing the Poem’s Structure
Read each question carefully and answer in detail. Focus on how Shelley structures the poem to enhance its themes.
1.
Describe the overall structure of Ozymandias. How many stanzas are there, and what is their length? What effect does this structure create?
[3 marks]2.
Examine the poem’s use of a sonnet form. How does the sonnet’s traditional structure contrast with the theme of decay and impermanence?
[3 marks]3.
Identify and interpret the significance of the poem’s shift from the description of the statue to the reflection on the ruined landscape. How does Shelley structure this shift?
[3 marks]4.
Quote Explosion: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' How does Shelley’s placement and language in this quote enhance its dramatic impact?
[4 marks]C
Structural Devices and Their Effects
Analyze the structural devices used in the poem, focusing on how Shelley’s choices influence reader perception.
1.
How does Shelley’s use of enjambment between lines contribute to the poem’s rhythm and meaning?
[3 marks]2.
Identify a key imagery or metaphor in the poem that is emphasized through structural placement. Explain its effect on the reader.
[3 marks]3.
Select a stanza that reflects the theme of decay. How does Shelley’s structure in this part deepen the reader’s understanding?
[3 marks]4.
Compare the structural approach Shelley uses in Ozymandias with that in 'My Last Duchess' (from the same anthology). How do their structures serve different thematic purposes?
[4 marks]D
Themes and Structural Reflection
Explore how Shelley’s structure reinforces key themes like power, impermanence, and memory.
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How does the fragmented structure of the poem reflect the theme of the fall of great civilizations?
[3 marks]2.
Discuss how the poem’s structure influences the reader’s perception of Ozymandias’s power and its inevitable decline.
[3 marks]3.
In an extended paragraph or essay plan, analyze how Shelley’s structural choices deepen the poem’s message about the fleeting nature of power and fame.
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