Ozymandias Flashcards
“Two vast and trunk-less legs of stone”
arouses both fear and pity in the readers’ hearts. The size of the statue undoubtedly makes us wonder about the greatness and power of the ruler. Yet, they also take pity on the decaying depiction of the statue
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:”
Symbolism to show that Ozymandias will worship power and will do anything to show or display .The hyperbole is shown in the phrase “king of kings” and this is to show how powerful Ozymandias felt to the point he almost refers himself to a God as “king of kings” has mostly got connotations with having God like power.
“Nothing beside remains.”
“Nothing beside remains” is the turning point of the poem as it suddenly switches from the King talking about himself and loving himself then switches to the sudden shift in having no power in the phrase “nothing” and this is called a volta. The volta is the turning point of the poem and this is used emphasise the point that now in the present day the king Does not have power. This quote also uses a caesura which is a pause in the middle of the poem and this is also used to further emphasise that “nothing” remained of the old might empire and that nature will always win.
