Ozymandias
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- Ozymandias
- Power shown in title
- 'Mandias' from the Greek word 'mandate' - to rule
- Shelley a 2nd Generation Romantic poet
- Embraced nature, was a pacifist
- Written during reign of King George 3rd, who was involved in many conflicts around world.
- Ramesses 2nd (known as Ozymandias) was Egyptian Pharoah.
- He led many battles to protect Egypt and to extend borders - similar to King George 3rd.
- Ramesses 2nd (known as Ozymandias) was Egyptian Pharoah.
- Enjambment - slow pace, dragged out, no energy.
- Plethora of negative language - is an attack and not praise of powerful.
- 'Sunk', 'shattered', 'frown', 'wrinkled', 'sneer'
- 'Mocked' - can mean made, can mean making fun of.
- Puts sculpture above, as Ozymandias did not spot mockery.
- Could be metaphor for himself. Poetry outlives the powerful and his poems more famous now than 200 years ago.
- Puts sculpture above, as Ozymandias did not spot mockery.
- 'King of Kings' - title given to Jesus, blasphemous
- Sees himself as better than God.
- Shelley mocking- was expelled from Oxford for writing about atheism
- What he deems to be 'fake religion' still lasts longer than him.
- 3 types of sonnet in poem
- Petrarchan (octave and sestet present details of statue and then lack of power).
- Shakesperare-an (rhyme scheme of first 4 lines).
- New (rhyme scheme of last 10 lines). All power ultimately gives way to new power.
- Nothing remains forever, not even form of sonnet.
- Power shown in title
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