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Ozymandias (Shelley) GCSE questions

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Practice questions

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Question 1 [1 mark]

The inscription is ironic because

Question 2 [1 mark]

The speaker of the whole poem is

Question 3 [1 mark]

A key method is

Question 4 [1 mark]

“Look on my works” now means

Common mistakes

Answers and working

Q1. nothing beside remains
Q2. a narrator quoting a traveller
Q3. ironic contrast between words and wreck
Q4. see that the works are gone

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