Ozymandias

• ‘Half sunk, a shattered visage lies’
• ’Whose frown and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command’
• ’Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things’
• ’Nothing beside remains’
• • Shows arrogance of Ozymandias (Rameses II - Pharaoh of Egypt)
  • Iambic pentameter - represents human heartbeat
  • Decaying statue = decaying power
  • Hubris of a man who thought he would be remembered
• • Exploring power, nature, status
  • Oxymandias = proud tyrannical leader
  • Pride comes before fall
  • Time and nature
  • Art and language will outlast humans (legacies)