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Ozymandias - Coggle Diagram
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Romantic poet
strongly anti-monarchy
atheist, anti-religion
wanted to end the oppression of ordinary people after the French Revolution
exactly like William Blake
came from a very wealthy background
Key Quotes
'wrinkled lip'
Other
poem shows how power deteriorates and will not last forever
Comparison
The Prelude
both poems display nature as more powerful than mankind
In Ozymandias, human power is shown as weak and transient and lost to time. Whereas, in the Prelude, failed attempts of mankind trying to overpower and manipulate a force beyond its control (nature)
The theme of pride is fundamental in both poems, it is the hamartia in both of the speakers.
Both poems explore how human power is inferior to the power nature but the way they present this is different
Similarites
Differences
Context