The phrase ‘mind forged manacles’ means ‘chains/handcuffs created in the mind’. What does

In your own words, what does the traveller say that he saw in the desert? What was the expression on the face of the statue? (lines 4-6) What was written on the pedestal of the statue?

What do you imagine was probably around the statue when these words were carved onto it? What is around the statue now?

What must have happened to the empire of Ozymandias? The poem uses the sonnet form, which would usually be used for poetry about love. This is a slightly ironic use of the sonnet form –what is the ‘love’ that is displayed in

the poem?

Line analysis: when Ozymandias refers to himself as ‘king of kings’ what does he

compare himself to and why would this show hubris? Line analysis: when the poet describes the statue’s ‘sneer of cold command’ what does this suggest Ozymandias was like as a ruler?

10. Line analysis: in the final three lines, how does Shelley show the power of nature to destroy what Ozymandias built?