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7.08 Shelley

Directions: Each question needs to be answered with specific details and textual evidence from the poems. You should write at least one complete sentence for your answer unless you are asked to write more.

Shelley’s life

1. What caused Shelley to be expelled from Oxford University?

     

2. What happened that caused Shelley to permanently move to Italy?

     

3. How did Shelley die?

     

“Ozymandius”

4. What is the theme of the poem?

     

5. What words appear on the pedestal of the statue?

     

6. Do you think Shelley is successful in this poem by talking about fame not lasting? How? Or How not? Your answer should be 2-3 sentences.

     

“To a Skylark”

7. What literary device does Shelley use in line 1 of the poem? Why? Your answer should be 1-2 sentences.

     

8. In line 32, Shelley asks what it is that we can compare to the bird’s song. What are some examples he gives in the form of similes?

     

9. What is Shelley’s attitude toward the bird?

     

10. In lines 71 – 75, Shelley asks the bird what it is that makes him happy. What does Shelley suppose it is in the next several lines?

     

11. In lines 101-105, what does Shelley ask of the bird?

     

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