Ozymandias Flashcards
What structure types are used in ozzymandias
Sonnet and and irregular rhyme scene
What does the sonnet show
They’re typically about love
Perhaps about ozymandias’ love for himself
Perhaps about love for nature as nature always wins
What does the irregular rhyme scene show
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
What themes are in ozymandias
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
What is quote number 1 and what does it show
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
What is quote number 2 and what does it show
*King of kings *
-reveals his arrogance and narcissism,believes himself to be omnipotent
What is quote number 3 and what does it show
*Sneer of cold command *
-looks down on his subjects
-harsh alliteration which reflects his harsh style of ruling and how he treated his subjects
What is quote number 4 and what does it show
Of that colossal wreck
-Unidentifiable and insignificant
-reflects the descrtuction he used to conflict
-nature has truly won
Ozymandias context
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.