Reading and responding to 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley
I can read a classic poem and can share my personal response.
Reading and responding to 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley
I can read a classic poem and can share my personal response.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'Ozymandias' is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley that describes a ruined statue of a once-powerful king.
- This poem explores the themes of life and death and the passing of time.
- A sonnet is a form of poetry with fourteen lines, which usually follows a rhyme scheme.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of Britain’s most famous poets.
Keywords
Poem - a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern
Theme - the theme of a poem is the underlying message or central idea that the poet wants to convey, exploring topics or universal concepts that can be found throughout the poem
Sonnet - a specific form of poetry that consists of 14 lines and follows a strict rhyme scheme, often expressing deep emotions or ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may think that this poem is inaccessible because the language is difficult to understand.
Teach pupils that poems can be easier to understand once we work out the meaning of each line and explore the vocabulary used. This is modelled in LC1.
Licence
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