Power And Confilct Quotes & Analysis Flashcards
OZYMANDIAS: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.”
TECHNIQUE: Repetition = Views himself as a God, omnipotence and almighty
Irony = His power has terminated
Religious Imagery = Sees himself as God and has all the power the work has to offer
OZYMANDIAS: “Round the decay // Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.”
TECHNIQUE: Enjambment = No stopping natures endless power. No stopping human power
Oxymoronic = ‘colossal wreck’ connotations of strength and power, broken and destroyed
Plosives ‘b’ sound = Emphasises how nothing is left and his power has dissolved away
LONDON: “In every cry of every man // In every infant’s cry of fear // In every voice.”
TECHNIQUE: Anaphora = Misery is all consuming, Despair is inescapable, pervasive melancholic feelings
Auditory imagery = Visceral pain is drawn, innocence is lost
LONDON: “Every black’ning church appalls”
TECHNIQUE: Oxymoron = ‘church’ connotations of peace and comfort, Appalls religion in causing despair and misery
ABAB Rhyme Scheme = misery is relentless “black’ning’” Industrial Revolution acknowledgedment of pollution.
THE PRELUDE: “Heaving through the water like a swan; // When, from behind that craggy step”
TECHNIQUE: Simile = Speaker feels confident, they are gliding, Power of man is strong
Volta = confidence turns into fear
Adjective = ‘craggy’ twisted like a monster
THE PRELUDE: “Upreared his head. I struck and struck again”
TECHNIQUE: Personification = mountain is now a scene of terror but was once peaceful
Repetition = ‘struck’ he wants to get away and escape, amplifies his despiration
