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CLASS 10TH CBSE ENGLISH NOTES

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POEM :- OZYMANIAS POEM:-THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINE

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  1. 1 "OZYMANDIAS" By:- Percy Bysshe Shelley ENGLISH Poetry-4 SUMMARY In this sonnet, Shelley illustrates the vanity of human greatness and the failure of all attempts to immortalise human achievemen s. Ozymandias was a great Egyptian king. A life-like status of the king was made to mmortalise him. But now the statue lies broken and disfigured in a desert. A traveller from Egy t see two huge and runkless legs of a statue in the desert. Near them lies, half-buried, the broken face of the statue. On th1S face one can see the expression of arrogance and a sense of authority which have been skilfully depicted by the sculptor on the tatue. On the pedestal he folloying words are inscribed: mandias and I am a great king. Look at the great deeds that I "My name is have accomplished and which nobody can equal". The broken statue is surrounded by a vast desert. The poem reflect that human glory and pomp are not everlasting. Time works havoc with monuments and statues. Thus, the poet strikes a moral in a suggestive manner.
  2. 2 Textual Questions 1. "The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed". Whose hand and heart has the poet referred to in this line? Ans. The poet refers to the sculptor's hand which reproduced the king's feelings on stone. Then the poet refers to the king's heart which nourished those feelings and passions in his heart. 2. "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings" Why does Ozymandias refer to himself as king of kings? What quality of the king is revealed through the statement? Ans. Ozymandias refers himself as king kings because h thinks he is the greatest king of all kings due to his great deeds, achievements and victories. No body can becomes as great and p erful as e is. Theyanity, pride and arrogance of the king are revealed through this statement. 3. "Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of "ye Mighty"? Why should they despair? Ans. Ozymandias •s referring t the other powerful and brave warriors. He wants to tell them that they should give up all hopes of equalling him. He is great and powerful ecaus of hi great deeds, his achievements and his victories. They should despair because they annot become as great and powerful as he is. 4. Bring out the iron in the poem. Ans. Ozymandias, the great king of Egypt, gets his statue made in order to immortalise himself. He expects that his name will live till posterity. But Time plays havoc with his statue. The statue lies broken and disfigured and is surrounded by a barren desert. His expectation is belied and thus the whole situation is ironical.
  3. 3 5. "Nothing beside remains". What does the narrator mean when he says these words? Ans. The narrator means to say that the statue of Ozymandias lies broken and disfigured and is surrounded by a barren desert. There is nothing else to be seen near the statue. A vast, desolate and barren desert surrounds the remains of the huge statue which lies broken. 6. What is your impression of Ozymandias as a kmg? Ans. After reading the poem, we come to knoW tha Ozymandias was a proud, vain and arrogant king. At the same time we find that he was a mighty and brave king because of his great deeds, achievements and victories. o other •ndcould hope to equal him and become as great and powerful as he was. 7. What message is conveyed through this poem? Ans. In this poem the poet ants to convey the vanity of human greatness and the failure of all attempts to immortalise human grandeur. Ozymandias, the great kind of Egypt, gets his statue made in order to immortalise Imself. But Time plays havoc with his statue and now it lies broken and disfigured in a desert. Thus, the poet conve s a messag tha human glory and pomp are not everlasting. Additional Questions 1. Whom did the narrator meet? Where? Ans. The narrator met a traveller from an ancient country, i.e, Egypt. 2. What did the traveller tell the narrator? Ans. The traveller told the narrator that he had seen two huge and trunkless legs of a statue in the desert. There lay the broken face of a statue near them. One could see
  4. 4 the expression of arrogance and a sense of authority which had been skilfully depicted on the statue by the sculptor. 3. What was inscribed on the Pedestal? Ans. The inscription on the pedestal was: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, Looks on my works, ye Mighty, and despair. 4. What did the sculptor observe about the king? Ans. The sculptor observed that the kilVwas proud;-vain and arrogant. He had the sense of authority. 5. How did the sculptor capture the king's feelings? Ans. The sculptor made a statue of the king on whic expression of haughtiness and a sense of authority. 6. Explain the touch of melancholy about the poem. he skllfully depicted the Ans. There is touch of me ancholy about the poem because it makes us reflect over the vanity of human ishes and the failury of all our efforts to keep our memory aliv for ever. 7. Explain the two pictures painted by the poet in his poem. Ans. The first Icture refer. to the broken statute. Though the statue lies broken in the desert, it carries the frown and the sneer cold command of the king on its face. The second picture refers to the lone and level desert which is boundless and bare, stretching far away. 8. What is the theme of the poem? Ans. The poet wants to convey that human glory and pomp are not everlasting. Ozymandias, the king of Egypt, got his statue made in order to immortalise himself. But Time played havoc with his statue and now it lies broken and disfigured in a
  5. 5 desert. Thus, the poet illustrates the vanity of human greatness and the failure of all attempts to immortalize human grandeur. 9. What impression do you form of the sculptor? Ans. The sculptor appears to be very competent, skilful and observant. He observed that the kind was vain, proud, arrogant and had a sense of authority. So he captured the feelings and passions of the king in the statue of the •ng very skilfully. Reading Activity 1. What is the tone of the poem? It has a melancholy ton 2. What are the two noteworthy pictures in the poem? The picture of a roken statue and the picture of the vast expanse of sand. 3. Why is this poem not a flawless sonnet? It is not a flawless 'onnet because it has a faulty rhyme scheme. 4. What is the moral of the poem? Human glory and pomp are not everlasting. 5. Who was Ozymandias Ozymandias 'Wa a powerful king of Egypt.
  6. 6 Reference to Context Read the extracts given below and answer the questions by choosing the most approximate answer: 1. I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said, 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone, Stand in the desert ... ...Near them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies i. ii. iii. The traveller who met the narrator came from (a)A place (c) a desert b an ancient land d a forest. The traveller saw two vast and trunkless legs of stone in (a) A forest (c) a cit (b) a desert d) he wilderness. What did the traveller see lying on the sand? (a) Tw trunkless legs of stone (c) half-sunk and broken face of a statue Ans. (iii) c (b) half-sunk statue. (d) broken legs of a statue. 2 whos frown And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read, Which yet survive i. ii. The expression on the face of the statue is one of (a) Admiration (c) despair (b) anger (d) contempt The sculptor was able to understand Ozymandias's (a)words (b) expressions
  7. (c) feelings 7 (d) ambition iii. 1 What literary device does the poet use in the second line? (a)alliteration (c) image (b) metaphor (d) symbol Read the following extracts and answer the given questions: stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, Look on my works, yeMighty, and despair. i. ii. iii. What literacy device does the poet use in the second line? It is synecdoche. Who should look on Ozymandias' work and despair 9 The powerful ings are asked to looko Ozymandias's work and despair. What does 'The hand' here refer to? The hand' refers to the sculptor who carved the statue. 2. Who said, ' wo vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... .. them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies 1. Who had the poet met?) The poet had met a travelle from an ancient land. Near ii. In which state was the statue lying? The statue was lying neglected in a desert. iii. Where was the visage seen and in which condition? The visage was lying half-buried near the statue in a desert.

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