Human Power - Ozymandeous Flashcards
1
Q
Significance of form
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Only one stanza - just how we only have one life and will not last forever and will be forgotten about.
2
Q
Voices in the poem
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Travaller : Ozymandias is only known by a travaller at current age. Contradicts over voice where he calls himself : “King of Kings”
3
Q
What ‘remains’ in the poem
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Isolated land covered in sand - presnted his insignificance in society. Also his statue remains. But his presence in the world has been lost
4
Q
Technique used in last 2 lines
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Alliteration “boundless and bare” - suggests that there is nothing left of the statue both physically and metaphorically
