The Sculptor Poem

 

1 How can the form of the poem best be described and how does this form affect the meaning of the poem? 

 

• A The form is rhyming but not metered lines that show the freedom of the sculptor but the command  of the king. 

• B The form of the poem is a lack of metered or rhyming lines to emphasize the lack of an enduring empire. 

• C The form of the poem is alternate rhyming and metered lines that give the poem a mocking feeling. 

• D The form of the poem is alternate rhyming and consistent metered lines that give the poem a  solemn feeling.

2. Which two moods does the setting of an antique land and desert establish? 

• A Mysterious 

• B Exciting 

• C Lonely 

   

• D Frightening 

• E Hopeful 

 

3 Which words or phrases help the reader understand the word visage in line 4? 

 

• A Half sunk

• B shattered lies

• C frown / wrinkled lip

• D cold command 

 

4 What are the passions in line 6 that the sculptor read well? 

• A the king’s coldness 

• B the sculptor’s pride 

• C the speaker’s wisdom 

• D the traveler’s curiosity 

5. Which two things did the passions in line 6 survive beyond? 

• A The sculptor’s hand 

• B The king’s heart 

• C The king’s visage 

• D The sculptor’s command 

6. What multiple meanings does Shelley intend with the word mocked in line 8? 

 

• A Laughed at and ruined 

• B Copied and ridiculed 

• C Abbreviated and left alone 

• D Created and reduced to dust 

7. Read lines 4–5 and 10–11 of the poem. 

. . . Whose frown, 

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, 

. . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .  . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . . . 

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; 

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! 

Based on these lines, Ozymandias was a king who — 

• A was cruel and deadly 

• B was powerful and proud 

• C valued arts and literature 

• D valued war and conquest 

8. The effect of alliteration in lines 12–14 is to — 

• A connect and emphasize the vast stone images 

• B draw a parallel between the king and the sculptor 

• C connect and emphasize the stark desert images 

• D draw a parallel between the statue and the king 

9    What does the traveler describe to the speaker in lines 1-4? 

• A. A tall forest standing in a desert 

• B. A broken statue lying in sand 

• C. Smashed glass sunken in the sand 

• D. A desert with abandoned antiques 

10   How does the traveler describe the expression on the statue? 

• A. compassionate   

• B. As frightened 

• C. As thoughtful 

• D. As arrogant