Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Created on: 25-08-14 19:37
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- Ozymandias
- Poem
- Narcissistic- loves himself
- Context
- Ozymandias
- 'Ozymandias' comes from Greek, meaning "to rule", "air" and "to breathe".
- Adds to the aura of self- importance.
- Ozymandias was also the Greek name for the Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II
- Poem is said to be influenced by the arrival of a colossal statue pf Rameses II in London
- 'Ozymandias' comes from Greek, meaning "to rule", "air" and "to breathe".
- Ozymandias
- Structure
- Petrarchan sonnet
- Usual lay out is an octave (1st eight lines), a volta- typically a changing point (1 line) and then a sestet (6 lines)
- In this poem the octave is about the ruins and the sestet about how he used to be.
- Rhyming pattern: Octave- abba abba VOLTA! Sestet- cde cde
- Usual lay out is an octave (1st eight lines), a volta- typically a changing point (1 line) and then a sestet (6 lines)
- Why it is unlike a sonnet
- Rhyme scheme is overridden by king wanting control
- Statue is all alone and never been loved so doesn't love back
- ALTERNATIVE: About king's love for himself
- Petrarchan sonnet
- Poem
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