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1. 1.

   Complete these sentences.

   1. The speaker heard about Ozymandias from ____________________.
   2. All that remained of Ozymandias's statue was _____________________.
   3. The face of the statue showed ____________________________.
   4. The words on the pedestal said, __________________________.
   5. All that could be seen around the statue was ___________________.
2. 2.

   Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies

   1. Who is the speaker of these lines?
   2. What does 'them' refer to?
   3. Whom did the 'shattered visage' belong to? How do you think is shattered?
3. 3.

   Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things

   1. What had survived?
   2. Which 'lifeless things' have been referred to?
   3. Who had 'stamped' them on those 'lifeless things'?
4. 4.

   'Look on my words, ye Mighty, and despair!'

   1. Whose words are these?
   2. What do you think had been meant by these words?
      What attitude do they convey?
5. 5.

   The poem talks about a human being who thought he was very powerful. Do you think he was powerful and important at one time? Did he remain so?

6. 6.

   Did Nature and Time cause the change? Does that show them to be more or less powerful than the human being?