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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