Ozymandias

• The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
• Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
• My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works ye mighty and despair! Nothing beside remains.
• Wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
• I met a traveller from an antique land
• I met a traveller form an antique land

  Writing about dictator and political ruling class in Britain- distance to that he can freely criticise

  Thirst for power old as ancient egypt- we can move away to democracy
• The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed

  Sculptor- more powerful than politics, mocking Ozymandias by bringing out reality

  Hubris too great Ozymandias does not notice it himself
• Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

  Greek reference to colossus- even most mighty symbol gets destroyed over time
• Wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

  Age- statue shows that power id diminishing, cannot cling to power, specifically Napoleon

  Sneer- political- no sympathy, need for democracy

  commander- military power
• Lok upon my works ye mighty and despair

  Irony- my works- normally refers to artist- statue has become celebration of the artist