Ozymandias Flashcards

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Ozymandias

Snear of …….”

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Cold command”

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Ozymandias

“Shattered …”

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Visage”

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Ozymandias

Half …”

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Sunk

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Ozymandias

My name is …….of kings”

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My name is ozymandias king of kings.

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Ozymandias

Nothing besides…..

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Nothing besides remains. Round the decay.

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Ozymandias

Half sunk”

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Metaphor of political power

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Shattered visage is a metaphor of what?

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The metaphor describes the statue, the statue is a metaphor for political power.

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“My name is ozymandias, king of kings.”

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The repetition of king of kings,shows how ozymandias wished to portray himself as all omnipotent, ( all powerful).

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“Nothing besides remains. Round the decay”

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The caesura (break in the line) after”remains” highlights how ozymandias’ power has come to an end.

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