implies his power and carelessness of how he got his last duchess killed
as if she ranked my gift of a nine hundred year old name with anybodys gift
hes jealous
willt please you sit and look at her
rhetrical question,hes saying it as a question but really its a command
thats my last duchess on the wall
the word my is a possesive pronoun shows he believed she belonged to him
looking as if she was alive
nobody knew what had happened to her
her looks went everywhere
hes jealous and paranoyed
she thanked men
doesnt think she should thank any other men,jealousy
what is ozymandias about
a narrator meets a travellor who tells him about a statue of ozymandias ,statue lasted longer than him/nature is more powerful than man
what are the themes in ozymandias
-power of humans
-power of nature
-rich and poor
what poems can compare to ozymandias
london
my last duchess
what is london about
a man walks through the streets of london and everyone is miserable,those in power dont help the poor
what are the themes of london
-power
-suffering
-class system
-experiences
poems to compare to london
-ozymandias
-my last duchess
what is the prelude about
a young boy steals a boat and feels very powerful. Nature at first is very gentle and calm but it changes to being very violent and threatening,which shows nature can be very unpredictable and is stronger than humans
themes
-power of nature
-memory
-identity
-experiences
poems to compare london to
-ozymandias
-my last duchess
Ozymandias
Ramses II, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and king of kings
Irony
Contrast between the king's boastful claim and the reality of his downfall
Symbolism
Use of statue and desert to represent the transience of human achievement
Fleeting nature of human achievement
Contrast between the king's boastful claim and the reality of his downfall
Prelude
Poem by William Wordsworth, exploring the relationship between the individual and nature
mr birling
for higher costs and lower prices
mr birling
it’s her own fault
mr birling
a man has to mind his own business
mr birling
the titanic-unsinkable absolutely unsinkable
mr birling
it’s my duty to keep labour costs down
mr birling
higher costslower prices
mr birling
dominates conversations,thinks he is superior to lower classes