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London, Tissue, Ozymandias - Coggle Diagram
London
'I wander thro' each charter'd street, near where the charter'd Thames does flow.'
'flow' can suggest that the organisation of London is structured so that everything runs and that it is mapped out
Bans are imposed on those inferior to those in power because they want to prevent others from reaching a similar amount of power.
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Romantic poets portray these 'powerful' humans as powerless when compared to the powers of nature (specifically time)
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Tissue
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'a grand design with living tissue, raised a structure never meant to last.'
Effort by mankind is put into making these buildings, despite it never standing forever. It is done for money, a fragile currency yet it is valued over the life of humanity
Ozymandias
'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair'
'King' - powerful being above all, him being a 'king of kings' is ironic because nature outlasts his kingdom and leaves it in a 'colossal wreck.'
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'Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold, command tell that its sculptor, well those passions read.'
Nature is mocking humanity, it left the statue of someone who claimed to be powerful in ruins.'