Ozymandias Flashcards

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What structure types are used in ozzymandias

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Sonnet and and irregular rhyme scene

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What does the sonnet show

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They’re typically about love
Perhaps about ozymandias’ love for himself
Perhaps about love for nature as nature always wins

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What does the irregular rhyme scene show

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Symbolises a lack of control and the irregularity of power-that it never lasts
Conveys how narcissism is not a love with is worth having

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What themes are in ozymandias

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Power of humans
(Their deluded belief that their power is everlasting)
Power of nature
(How nature is the only true power that can defeat everything)
Pride
Abuse of power

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What is quote number 1 and what does it show

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half sunk,a shattered visage lies
-metaphor
-shows the power of nature,it’s taken over
-he is long forgotten and will continue to be unidentifiable
-reinforces the idea that power is transient and fleeting
-shatterd symbolises how pier has been obliterated and shatterd -he has lost to Mother Nature

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What is quote number 2 and what does it show

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*King of kings *
-reveals his arrogance and narcissism,believes himself to be omnipotent

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What is quote number 3 and what does it show

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*Sneer of cold command *
-looks down on his subjects
-harsh alliteration which reflects his harsh style of ruling and how he treated his subjects

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What is quote number 4 and what does it show

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Of that colossal wreck
-Unidentifiable and insignificant
-reflects the descrtuction he used to conflict
-nature has truly won

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Ozymandias context

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a representation of King George III and all figures of power. He plays with the literal and the metaphorical to create an overwhelming sense of irony surrounding the fall of the King’s influence.

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