Ozymandias
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- Ozymandias
- Form
- Sonnet
- Doesn't follow typical sonnet rhyme scheme
- Reflects human power and destroyed structures
- Uses disrupted Iambic Pentameter
- Second hand accouht
- Distances reader from the dead king
- Volta in line 9
- Structure
- Builds image of statue by focusing on different parts
- ENDING- describes enormous desert
- Sums up insignificance of statue
- Irony
- Nothing left to show for ruler's arrogant boasting/civilisation
- Ruined statue represents symbol for temporary nature of political power or human achievement
- Reflects hatred of oppression
- King's belief that it is possible to overturn social and political order
- Language of Power
- Focuses on power of Ozymandias
- Human power which has been lost due to the power of art
- Nature and time have more power than anything else
- Focuses on power of Ozymandias
- Angry Language
- Tyranny of ruler suggested through aggressive language
- Form
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