Question

Someone please help! I'm in a test and I have absolutely no idea what i'm doing!!!

Answer 1

What's the question(s) :)

Answer 2

what's your question?

Answer 3

Read the poem.

Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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.”

Answer 4

In “Ozymandias,” the phrase “antique land” alludes to Egypt.

How does the allusion to Egypt create meaning in this poem?

It hints at the buried treasures that lurk just beneath the sands.

It compares what Egypt was to what it has become.

It creates a sense of mystery and antiquity.

It implies that the land is empty and barren.

Answer 5

@MyDogIsAGreyHound ?

Answer 6

@mndean you there?

Answer 7

@workareject can you help?

Answer 8

sorry My computer froze, I'll read it hold on

Answer 9

okay.

Answer 10

Nope

Answer 11

@mndean .....?

Answer 12

Maybe this is the answer.
It compares what Egypt was to what it has become.

From this bit of it ...
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.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley = Lord Shelley, husband to Mary Lady Shelley, she of "Frankenstein" ???? I think.

Answer 13

Thanks so much!!! Is there a chance you could help me with more?

Answer 14

There is a chance that I can try ... (seems as though people are in an "English rush" at the moment ?)
:)

Answer 15

Good old Ozymandias ... sort of onomatopaeic, maybe (actually, probably not but I can dream, can't I ?) Can I spell, though ?

Answer 16

I hope you got your question answered, sorry I couldn't help, I'm cramming for finals, and have two essays to write. :( :( :(

Answer 17

I have a bunch of tests as well. I was also helping someone else.

Answer 18

@MyDogIsAGreyHound congratulations