Ozymandius- percey shelley

• "from an antique land" -language of scale
• "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" -scale -image of decay -surreal
• "shattered visage" -dramatic modifier -adjective that shows complete destruction -ironic
• "sneer of cold command" -cruel dictator -social superiority
• "pedestal" -literal plinth -idolised
• "king of kings" -egotistical -biblical (compared to a god) -hubris -ironic
• "nothing beside remains" -contrast between grandeur once seen and nothingness -transience of human life/power -ironic
• "boundless and bare" -desolate -lack/ loss of power -ironic juxtaposition= undercuts self-proclaimed power
• "sands stretch far away" -isolated (rules over nothing) -transience of human nature
• themes: -nature -art -power
• form and structure: -not traditional sonnet form (shakespear petrach hybrid) =not conform with traditions=break free from tyranny=typical mark of romantic poets -embedded layers= anonymous narrator=mystical quality
• language: -biblical -language of scale -space and time
• tone: -pathetic -ironic -hubristic
• context: -romantic poet/poem= interest in nature/ politics/ art -veiled criticisms