ozymandias

• "vast and trunkless legs of stone" - metaphor for political power
• "half sunk" - ruined statue/metaphor for political power
• "shattered visage" - metaphor/ ozymandias' power is gone
• "sneer of cold command" - alliteration/ shows speakers distaste to ozymandias
• "my name is ozymandias, king of kings" - repetition/ shows him as omnipotent
• "nothing beside remains. round the decay" - juxtaposition/ caesura/ power has ended