ozymanidias
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- Irony
- Ozymandias
- Structure & Form
- sonnet
- no regular sonnet rhyme scheme
- reflecting how human power and structures can be destroyed
- iambic pentameter but also disrupted
- no regular sonnet rhyme scheme
- iambic pentameter but also disrupted
- sonnet
- percy Bysshe Shelly
- a romantic poet
- disliked monarchies, absolute power and oppression of ordinary people
- Ending
- "boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away"
- suggests feeling of empty space in surrounding desert
- vast desert survives longer than statue
- shows insignificance
- vast desert survives longer than statue
- suggests feeling of empty space in surrounding desert
- "boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away"
- pride
- refers to himself as "king of kings"
- tells other rulers to look at his "works" and "despair"
- Structure & Form
- "shatter’d visage"
- "decay of that colossal wreck"
- human power is temporary
- "shatter’d visage"
- even the most powerful human cant control the damaging effects of time
- human power is temporary
- Ozymandias
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