Shelley's Life and Death
Percy Shelley was expelled from this university.
What is Oxford University?
The mountain Mont Blanc is located in this European mountain range.
What are the Alps?
The line "Look on my works, ye might, and despair!" is an example of this literary device, since nothing remains.
What is irony?
This poem was published in this year.
What is 1824?
Although famous now, Shelley received most of his recognition post____
What is 'humously'?
Shelley calls the Ravine of Arve "many-colour'd" and "many-voiced", making use of this sensory device.
What is imagery?
Ozymandias is an allusion to this historical pharaoh.
Who is Ramesses II?
The line "gay tyrant father" contrasts with "the mad weather" to create this sense of tone.
What is urgency?
Shelley died by drowning during a storm off the coast of this country.
What is Italy?
The line "The everlasting universe of things / Flows through the mind" is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
Shelley may have also been alluding to this ruler in the poem "Ozymandias".
Who is King George III?
This is the meter that was used throughout the poem.
What is irregular meter?
Shelley and Mary had this number of children.
What is three?
The poem "Mont Blanc" makes references to dreams and sleep, suggesting a deeper connection to this.
What is death?
The repeated L sounds in "lone and level sands" demonstrate this literary device.
What is alliteration?
This is Shelley's opinion on the political world around that time.
What is the disapproval of King George III's tyranny?
Shelley ran away to Switzerland with this 16-year-old girl, who would later become his wife. (Use her maiden name)
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin?
The line "Some say that gleams of a remoter world / Visit the soul in sleep" is an example of this literary device.
What is allusion?
The broken statue in "Ozymandias" is a symbol of this concept.
What are the fleeting tendencies of life or the decay of power?
This is the purpose of the couple in the poem.
What is a representation of all oppressed people in Britain?