Read the lines from “Mac Flecknoe” and answer the question.Sinking he left his drugget robe behind,Born upwards by a subterranean wind.The mantle fell to the young prophet's part,With double portion of his father's art. (lines 214–217)These lines represent Shadwellrejecting his newly acquired role as king.carrying on his father’s tradition of mediocre writing.being frightened of the responsibility on him.having twice as much literary talent as his father.NEXT QUESTION

I met a traveller from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;And on the pedestal, these words appear:My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”

What is the main idea of this excerpt from King’s letter?  (2-3 sentences and a direct quote from the text)

“And on the pedestal, these words appear:My name is Ozymandias King of Kings.Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”QUESTIONS:i. What is the implied message of the given poetic text?ii. Point out the use of irony in the given stanza.iii. Explain the tone and mood of the given stanza?

What is the battle the hero of “Mac Flecknoe” is expected to fight and how does this undermine the expectations of an epic poem?

How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?