Ozy comes from the Greek 'Ozium' meaning to breathe. Madness comes form the Greek 'mandate' meaning to rule. Even the title suggests power and control.
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I met a traveller from an antique land who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Shelley begins by detaching himself from the story being told. He wants to immediately make the point this is not an open criticism of the British monarchy. However, the poem is clearly a thinly-veiled attack.
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Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
This deeply negative language is used to make it very clear that the poem is an attack on the powerful. Its intention is not to praise.
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And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
The alliteration of the hard C sound reflects the harsh nature of Ozymandias
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cold command
The use of the phrase cold command - implies they are heartless
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Tell that its sculptor well those passions read. Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed,
'stamped' violent/aggressive 'read/fed' rhyming 'lifeless thing' insignificant, nobody cares about it - worthless
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And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Biblical/religious reference - King of the kings is Jesus. Suggests that he thinks he is greater than God
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Boundless and bare
Alliteration emphasises the emptiness
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The lone and level sands stretch far away
The desert outlives the statue
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Card 2
Front
Shelley begins by detaching himself from the story being told. He wants to immediately make the point this is not an open criticism of the British monarchy. However, the poem is clearly a thinly-veiled attack.
Back
I met a traveller from an antique land who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Card 3
Front
This deeply negative language is used to make it very clear that the poem is an attack on the powerful. Its intention is not to praise.
Back
Card 4
Front
The alliteration of the hard C sound reflects the harsh nature of Ozymandias
Back
Card 5
Front
The use of the phrase cold command - implies they are heartless
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