Ozymandias - Percy Shelley Flashcards
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Summary
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Shelley tells the story of a traveller who comes across the ruins of a great statue in a desert, this statue is colossal, damaged of once powerful and proud ruler Ozymandias
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Key themes
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mortality and passage of time
cruelty of nature
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form and structure
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sonnet - 14 lines
rhyme scheme - lack of power
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key quotes
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My name is Ozymandias, king of kings
boundless and bare
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context of Ozymandias
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written in 1817
second hand - detachment
Ozy- breath
Mandias- ruler
