'I can help you finish it,’ you said as you reached out your hand for the flower crown dangling from his fingers. 'Master, your hands are nimbler than I thought.’ You wilted slightly at the thought of just what other kinds of impression he previously had of you, but thanked him for his (unintended) backhanded compliment anyway.
You looked over, intending to check his progress and provide help if needed, only to catch Ozymandias’ unnerving stare at the half-finished crown in your hands. This wasn’t helped by the fact that the both of you were working with fresh flowers, and had to be more gentle with them.
This isn’t as easy as it looks.’ Ozymandias frowned, propping his cheek up with a fist as he let the unfinished crown dangle from a finger. You didn’t know what he was planning when he came looking for you, but it seems like Ozymandias had abandoned it when his face lit up at the sight of the flower crowns on the table. In strode the King of Kings, his expression almost a mirror of the King of Heroes’. Just as you were about to start working on another crown, your next visitor appeared. The King of Heroes dissipated, flower crown and all, leaving only trails of gold particles in his wake.įortunately for you, your next visitor was a much more willing participant in your flower crown-making. You’ve stuck around him long enough to recognize that this was just him hiding his embarrassment. 'Mongrel.’ The frown on Gilgamesh’s face deepened as he closed his eyes. 'Give me a sec, I’m almost done… Here, I made one for you.’ You stood up to gingerly balance the crown of flowers on his head. ‘Are you going to keep this up or are you going to entertain me?’ Having run thin on patience, and probably irritated by the look you gave him, Gilgamesh growled, folding his arms. You doubted that all he was going to do was sit here and glare at you, so why was he here anyway? You cast him an odd glance as you thought this. Maybe he would’ve been more interested if the flowers were spray painted gold, but you didn’t have any of that on hand. Though ephemeral, you felt that just placing them on the table in a glass of water would be too much of a waste of their beauty, and so you thought of making flower crowns out of them for some willing Servants to wear instead. Ignoring him as best as you could, your hand reached for the basket of fresh flowers that you and Jeanne had picked earlier today. The King of Heroes eyed the circlet in your hands with contempt. Requested anonymously! Thank you for the request! Teach several lessons on the poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.Request: Making flower crowns with the Master This post is part of the series: Ozymandias: A Memorial For An Ancient Ruler It is a tool that works well both individually and with groups. You can use it as a quiz for after the poem is read, or you can have them work on it in groups to ensure understanding of the poem.
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Use the downloadable worksheet to give the assignment and also download the literary analysis worksheet.
This final writing assignment will allow you to assess not only their understanding of the poem, but also to see how well they are able to take one visage/image and compare it with another, using both imagery and historical information. How are they similar? In what ways do they differ? What do each of the images symbolize to society of years past and to society now? Then, ask the groups to compose a short poem, which captures in some way, the image they have focused on.įinally, each student should write a five-paragraph essay, which compare and contrast their two selected images with the image of Ozymandias. Have the groups work together to create a short power point that provides the history of the images, the reasons they were created, and what they symbolize. Then, as a class project, put students in groups based on which image they chose to research. Once they students have looked at various examples of each of these images, have students choose two of the images listed above and research them briefly. Show them from as many angles as possible and at different times of day. In class, have students look at pictures of Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, the Sphinx, the Lincoln Memorial, and the statue of Ho Chi Ming in Saigon. Once they have read and analyzed the poem, an excellent assignment is to have students compare the image described in the poem with other images with which they may be more familiar. The imagery in Shelley’s Romantic poem, Ozymandias, is meant to paint a picture for the students as they read.
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