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Ozymandias (Quotes ("Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold…
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelly was a 'Romantic' poet,who only really became famous after his death.He wrote 'Ozymandias' in 1817 ,after hearing about how an Italian explorer had retrieved the statue from the desert.
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What is the poem about
A traveler tells the poet that two huge stone legs stand in the desert. Near them on the sand lies a damaged stone head. The face is distinguished by a frown and a sneer which the sculptor carved on the features.
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Quotes
"Whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command,"
The sculptor could see the cruelty/meanness in Ozymandias' face and chiseled it into the statue. SHOWS HIS ARROGANCE
"Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Ozymandias is so arrogant and cocky, he thinks he is above everyone, including God.
"colossal wreck"
Shelley uses imagery to get the point that nothing of Ozymandias' is left. And even if it is, it's in thousands of pieces.
"boundless and bare"
Shelley uses the letter "b" as a plosive to emphasise the vastness and sheer power of this otherwise desolate desert.