English Literature: Ozymandias
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- Created on: 07-04-21 18:15
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- Vast and trunkless legs of stone
- Ozymandias
- Half sunk
- metaphor
- this describes the statue
- the ruined statue is a metaphor for political power
- Shattered visage
- metaphor
- this describes the statue
- the ruined statue is a metaphor for political power
- just as the face of the statue is 'shattered', 'decay[ed]' and a 'wreck', so too is Ozymandias' power
- Sneer of cold command
- alliteration
- the use of sound in the poem contributes to the speaker's distaste towards Ozymandias
- the harsh 'c' and 'b' in 'cold command' and 'boundless and bare'
- My name us Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
- the repetition of 'king of kings' shows how Ozymandias wished to portray himself as omnipotent
- it suggests that he is trying to deify himself and wants to be worshipped as one
- Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.'
- juxtaposition
- of 'colossal' and 'wreck' emphasises between his former power and his current state
- caesura
- after 'remains' in line 12 highlights how Ozymandias' power has come to an end
- juxtaposition
- power of nature vs power of humans
- Storm on the Island
- Exposure
- The Prelude
- power of individuals, misuse of power and corruption
- My Last Duchess
- London
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1818)
- Half sunk
- metaphor
- this describes the statue
- the ruined statue is a metaphor for political power
- Ozymandias
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