POEMS 2 Flashcards
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Ozymandias
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“Shattered visage lies” irony, means broken head/ face. Even the most powerful of people cannot control time.
“Lone and level” alliteration, emptiness of the dessert.
2
Q
Exposure
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“Merciless iced east winds that knife us…” personification, the wind seems to be attacking them.
“Sudden successive” sibilance, mimics the sound of flying bullets.
“-is it that we are dying?” Rhetorical question.
“Shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp.” Vivid imagery about the weather.