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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the most important English
Romantic poets. His idealism, his radical views and his theories of non-violent
resistance infl uenced generations of poets and political leaders, including
Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi.

Comprehension

A. Write whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Ozymandias was an Egyptian leader who lived in the twentieth century.
2. The traveller had seen the ruins in a desert.
3. The trunk of the statue is half sunk in the sand.

4. The words inscribed on the pedestal were dictated by the sculptor.
5. There are three speakers in this poem.

B. Tick the most suitable answer to the following questions.

1. What do the ruins of the land comprise?
a. two vast and trunkless legs of stone b. a shattered face

c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
2. What does one infer about the king from the statue?

a. He was a weak ruler. b. He was merciless.
c. He was kind. d. He was arrogant and powerful.

3. Who is being referred to as ‘ye Mighty’?
a. Ozymandias b. God
c. other powerful kings d. the forces of nature

4. Who is the owner of ‘the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed’?
a. the poet b. the traveller

c. the sculptor d. Ozymandias
5. What do the last three lines of the poem imply?

a. Time has defeated Ozymandias and his boastful claims.
b. Nothing is permanent.
c. Even the mightiest empires will ultimately fall.

d. all of the above

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