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Ozymandias of Egypt

  A. Answer in short. 1. Which king is referred to in the poem 'Ozymandias of Egypt'? Ans: Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II. 2. What type of a poem is 'Ozymandias of Egypt'? Ans: “Ozymandias” is a sonnet. 3. Who is the speaker in the poem? Ans: The speaker of the poem is the poet himself. However, the primary speaker is anonymous. 4. Who tells the poet about the shattered statue? Ans: The traveller. 5. Name the collection of poetry in which 'Ozymandias of Egypt' got first published. Ans: Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems. B. Answer in a few words. 1. What is the rhyme scheme of 'Ozymandias of Egypt'? Ans: ABAB ACDC EDEFEF 2. What is ironic about the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias's statue? Ans: Ozymandias, the king, had got written at the pedestal of the statue, ‘I am the king of kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" .’ But the irony is that the king's statue was lying in t...
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Question Tag (Alternative English, HS 2nd Year)

Rules for Question Tag 1. While a positive / affirmative statement takes a negative tag, a negative statement takes a positive tag. In this respect, a negative sentence may mean any sentence with words like no, not, none, nothing, little, few, hardly, seldom, rarely, scarcely , etc., that carry a negative idea. Examples: a)       Few students attended the class, did they? b)      We seldom meet nowadays, do we? c)       The audience at the back could hardly hear anything, could they? d)      They wasted nothing, did they? Note: In negative tag, contraction "n't" is always used instead of full "not". 2. The pronoun in the tag for everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anybody, anyone, neither , etc., when used as subjects of the main clause, is 'they'. Examples: a)       Everyone present applauded the gesture, didn't they? b)      Everybody can't be a ...
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