Structure

• “My name is Ozymandias, king of king”

  • 11 syllables which breaks the traditional sonnet form
  • Shows how much power and influence Ozymandias had to even break literary convention
  • the next lines return back to the traditional sonnet form to show that no matter how powerful you are, nature will always overpower you
  • warning to George iii and any other tyrannical leader at the time