1. EAL Nexus Resource Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley Flashcards
Subject:
English
Age group:
Topic:
GCSE poetry
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This resource was originally developed by R Wilson and has been adapted for EAL Nexus.

2. 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, whose frown,  And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,  Tell that its sculptor well those passions read  Which yet survive, 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, ye Mighty, and despair!  Nothing beside remains. Round the decay  Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare  The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

3. Ozymandias

4. Egypt

5. Rameses II

6. two vast and trunkless legs of stone

7. desert

8. shattered visage (face)

9. frown

10. sneer
wrinkled lip

11. sculptor

12. pedestal

13. colossal wreck

14. ‘my Works’ (some of Rameses II’s buildings)

15. lone and level sands

16. Percy Bysshe Shelley

17. Image attributions
Ozimandias: By Alex Zakil creative commons permission to reuse.
Egypt: By Most likely Hamish2k, the first uploader (Most likely Hamish2k, the first uploader) [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Egyptian flag: By Open Clip Art (From the Open Clip Art website.) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Rameses II: By Than217 at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Legs of stone: Not able to find photographer – this photo appears to be in public domain as it is widely used on websites in connection with Ozymandias / Shelley
Desert: By Nepenthes (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( or GFDL ( via Wikimedia Commons
Shattered visage: By Brooklyn Museum (Egypt: Thebes Transfered by User:ComputerHotline) [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Frown: By Stephen Depolo creative commons via Flikr
Wrinkled lip / sneer: R. Wilson own photo
Sculptor: By Vincent Nicolas, son of Victor Nicolas and father of Marcvjnicolas (Private collection of grandson) [CC BY-SA 2.0 fr ( via Wikimedia Commons
Pedestal: By Pearson Scott Foresman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Colossal wreck: Cropped version of image by Charlie Phillips creative commons, permission to use or adapt via Flikr
Lone and level sands: By summonedbyfells creative commons via Flikr
‘My works’:
Abu Simbel temples: By William Henry Goodyear, Joseph Hawkes, and John McKecknie (Brooklyn Museum) [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor temple: By MusikAnimal (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Ramesseum: By Olaf Tausch (Own work) [GFDL ( or CC BY 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Percy Bysshe Shelley: After Amelia Curran [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons