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Ozymandias - Percy Brysshe Shelley (Attitudes (Power (Humans become…
Ozymandias - Percy Brysshe Shelley
Form
It is a sonnet (similar to a Petrarchan) with a Volta, however doesn't follow a regular rhyme scheme which reflects that human power gets destroyed somehow. It uses a iambic pentameter which is disrupted like Ozymandias rein. The use of second hand speaker distances the reader from the dead king
Structure
The narrator individually describes the parts of the body that are submerged in the sand. Towards the end, he then talks about the "vast desert" and how insignificant the statue is compared to nature.
Attitudes
Power
Humans become insignificant overtime
Pride
Called rulers to look upon his achievements
Arragonce
Thought he was the best of the best and had unlimited power.
Language & Technique
Irony
Nothing left to show the rein of the great leader, and how political power will sooner or later disappear and get forgotten.
Language of power
Focuses on human power which has been lost and is only seen through art. Nature is supreme and will rule
Angry Vocabulary
the tyranny of the ruler is shown through this
The poet
A romantic poet who became famous after his death. He got inspired from an Italian explorer coming back from the desert