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Ozymandias - Coggle Diagram
Ozymandias
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LINKS TO OTHER POEMS
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Power: Hawk Roosting, London, DOAN,
Loss: Manhunt, Wife in London
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CONTEXT
Critical of the British Empire. Wrote to the Irish about throwing off the empire and its inevitable collapse
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He never enjoyed fame in his life but THIS poem became famous after his death. Ironically, the opposite of ozymandias
Drowned in Italy and was unceremoniously burned on the beach next to the sea- ironically, no monument or memory to him
DEVICES USED WITH QUOTES
CONTRAST/JUXTAPOSITION " Look upon my words ye might and despair...nothing besides remains". His pompous, arrogant declaration of absolute power is quickly juxtaposed with the current reality- his empire and his power has been completely destroyed by time.
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ELONGATED VOWEL SOUNDS: "The lone and level sands stretch far and away" elongated vowel sounds literally stretch out time to emphasise the immense amount of time that has passed- perhaps also recreating the empty howls of the desert winds.
IRREGULAR RHYME/RHYTHM. The poem never settles into a regular patter, perhaps this symbolises the poetic form (which is man made like the statue) being broken over time (like time and the nature does to the statue
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