Power Flashcards
OZYMANDIAS- context
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author was an anarchist (distrusted those in power)
- Based on the damaged statue of Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II
OZYMANDIAS- How is time presented?
- Decay
- Narrative structure
- Historical perspective
HAWK ROOSTING- Context
- Ted Hughes
- Wrote about the mix of beauty and violence in the natural world
- He uses animals for a view on natural life
HAWK ROOSTING- How is power presented?
- Control
- Natural superiority
- Existential power
Suggests that the statue and its claim of power and wealth is confined to history
OZYMANDIAS- “From an antique land”
Shows the effect that time has had on the statue and may indicate that power is temporary
OZYMANDIAS- “Half sunk”, “Shattered visage”
This line breaks the iambic pentameter, showing how he thinks he is better and unique. ‘King of kings’ implies that he thinks he is above all those in power
OZYMANDIAS- “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings”
Shows the rulers fall of power and how he went from ‘king of kings’ to nothing but ‘remains’. Highlights the idea of power being temporary
OZYMANDIAS- “Nothing beside remains”
Shows nature’s cyclical nature as poem starts with ‘desert’. Suggests that nature is more lasting than the power of Ozymandias
OZYMANDIAS- “Lone and level sands stretch away” (Last line)
Presents physical power and domination; could be referring to the food chain
HAWK ROOSTING- “I sit in the top”
Shows how nature is designed around the hawk- he is the centre of power
HAWK ROOSTING- “Convenience of high trees… advantage to me”
plays God and exemplifies the arrogance that the hawk has in this poem
HAWK ROOSTING- “I kill where I please”
Repetition of personal pronouns hows his self-centred behaviour and arrogance
HAWK ROOSTING- “Me/my/mine/I” x12
