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POETRY THEMES (Effects of Nature (Prelude (Beauty & grandeur of nature…

- - - - s sound repeated in every line - aural imagery of desert sand blowing
    - - no remnants of Ozy kingdom only "lone & level sands"
  - - - Personified "merciless iced east winds that knive" them & snowflakes that "come feeling" for their faces with "fingering stealth"
      - Nature relentless "But nothing happens" echoes the monotonous snow & rain that fall on the men.
      - Weather more dangerous to soldiers than the battle, see the air as "deadly"
  - - - Nothing grows - the earth is "wizened" and there are no trees or "stacks/Or stooks"
      - Islanders fear extremes of nature - war imagery - the island is "bombarded by the empty air" and the wind "strafes" it.
      - Power of nature to destroy - storm attacking houses "it pummels your house" to "We are bombarded" - warlike terms, similes, metaphors & personification
      - Conflict with nature - people prepare but cannot prevent or fight back - use of sounds - "Blast" show strength of nature
      - Nature in the form of storms is unstoppable & vicious
- - - - Remains of ancient king who once had great power over enemies
      - "sneer of cold command" on sculpture & arrogantly tells other rulers to "despair"
      - "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair" - written on pillar
    - - Nothing left of his "works" and statue has collapsed.
      - Irony of bold claims on pillar
    - - Used to highlight Ozy belief in own power with words on pillar & the reality that he is insignificant compared to "boundless desert"
  - - - Paper symbolises human power, receipts can "fly our lives like paper kites" but they are fragile & impermanent. Maps how "borderlines" but the sun "shines through" showing nature's power.
      - Mentions things that control human life - money, religion, nature, pride & governments ("capitals)
- - - - Distances the reader from Ozy & power less immediate
      - Words written on pillar "My name is Ozymandias, kings of kings"
      - Traveller "from an antique land"
      - Narrator only has 1 line & traveller takes over
    - - "boundless & bare" "lone and level sands stretch far away"
        
        despairing element - we must face this- eternal oblivion
    - - Sculpture of Ozy face "a shattered visage lies"
      - "Nothing beside remains" of Ozy monument but a couple of pillars of "stone"