Ozymandias Questions on Sonnet
Ozymandias
What are the meter and rhythm of "Ozymandias"?
The meter of "Ozymandias" is iambic pentameter, meaning each line has ten syllables in five pairs, with the first syllable unstressed and the second stressed. The poem is a sonnet with a slightly...
Ozymandias
Consider "Ozymandias" critically as a sonnet by Shelley.
"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a sonnet that critiques the hubris of power through the decay of a statue of Ramses II. Written in a modified Italian sonnet form, it uses iambic pentameter...