Power of Nature Flashcards
Ozymandias: QUOTES
(Shelley)
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert”
“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”
“The hand that mocked them”
“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away”
Ozymandias: CONTEXT
(Shelley)
- Ozymandias was an Egyptian Pharoh( god of the earth) and was one of the greatest Pharohs of all time
- His parents rejected his political beliefs
- He was educated, and expelled for promoting atheist views
- He had a troubled relationship with his father, who was a member of parliament
Ozymandias: KEY THEME
Nature always prevails and has ultimate power over minor things like human life and time.
Extract from, The Prelude: QUOTES
(Wordsworth)
“A huge peak, black and huge”
“The grim shape towered up between me and the stars”
“No familiar shapes remained”
“Huge and mighty forms, that do not live like living men”
Extract from, The Prelude: CONTEXT
(Wordsworth)
- Romanticism (Nature, supernatural, ordinary language)
- Troubled relationship with father and relatives
- Orphaned in his teens, and separated from his sister
- Embraced nature,
- Early supporter of French revolution, but was disillusioned with all the violence
Extract from, The Prelude: KEY THEME
It may seem that man has the most power, but actually nature has more power than anything. Humans are powerless in the face of nature.
Storm on the Island: QUOTES
(Heaney)
“The wizened earth has never troubled us”
“Leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus”
“Spits like a tame cat turned savage”
“We are bombarded by the empty air”
“Strange. It is a huge nothing that we fear”
Storm on the Island: CONTEXT
(Heaney)
- Power of nature on the Aran Islands
- Heaney is recalling his childhood in the countryside of Northern Ireland
Storm on the Island: KEY THEME
(Heaney)
No matter what humans do, they can’t hide or protect themselves from nature.
The Emigree: QUOTES
“I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
“The frontiers rise between us, close like waves”
“Sunlight…bright…white…shining”
“They mutter death, and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight”
The Emigree: CONTEXT
The poem is about someone who had to leave their home country as a small child due to war and conflict
The Emigree: KEY THEME
The power of nature, and the conflict it can cause (between time and memory). Nature is causing her to lose her memory and her identity.
