Ozmandias

• "vast and trunk less legs of stone"

  Metaphor

  This describes the ruined statue is a metaphor for political power

  
• "Half sunk"

  Metaphor

  This describe the ruined statue is a metaphor for political power

  
• "shattered visage"

  Metaphor

  Just as the face of the statue is "shattered", decay{ed} and "wreck"

  
• "sneer of cold command"

  Alliteration the use of sound in the poem contributes to the speaker's distaste toward ozymandias

  Example use of "c"
• "name is ozymandias king of king look at my work ye mighty and despair " 


  Repetition of " kings of kings shows how ozymandias wished to portray himself as omnipotent {all powerful}

  
• "nothing besides remains. Round the decay" 


  Juxtaposition of "colassal" and " wreck" emphasise the contrast between his former power and his current state

  . CAESURA after the "remains" highlights how ozymandias's power ended

  
• What is the overall message in ozymandias 


  You think you are completely powerful and supreme but power is transitory it doesn't last forever it changes over time

  Ironic message of complete power
• Summary about ozymandias

  A narrotor describes his meeting wit a traveller from a foreign land. This traveller told him a story about finding the shattered remain of ancient statue indicates that king was arrogant, proud and boastful. Only the ruins remain with the " head half sunk" in the sand and two " trunk less" legs of stone
• What are feeling and attitudes in the poem ozymandias

  -pride :the ruler feels he should be admired, he's proud of what he's achieved - arrogant the ruler believes to be the most powerful ruler in the land, nobody else could compete with his power : human civilisation and achievement are insignificant compared to the passing of time. Art has the power to preserve elements of human existence but it is still only temporary
• Poems that link to Ozymandias


  • My Last Duchess
  • Tissue
  • Storm on the Island
  • Exposure
• My Last Duchess


  • Negative emotion theme
  • Too much pride can lead to arrogance
  • Abuse of power
  • Art is both powerful and fragile
• Tissue


  • Power of humans theme
  • Power is ultimately temporary
  • Art is both powerful and fragile
• Storm on the Island


  • Power of humans vs power of nature theme
  • Nature is the enemy
  • Human power is only temporary
  • Nature can have a powerful effect on humans
  • Romanticism context
• Exposure


  • Power theme
  • Nature is the enemy
  • Human power is only temporary
• poems that link to ozymandias

  My last duchess through theme of negative emotions and too much pride can lead to arrogance also through power of humans with my last duchess showing abuse of power and ozymandias being temporary and through the theme of power of humans and how power is ultimately temporary and due to context link of art being both powerful and fragile
• Poems that link to ozymandias

  Storm on the lsland through theme of power vs power of nature, power effect on humans is ultimately temporary whereas nature can have a powerful effect on humans also through the context link of romanticism

  EXPOSURE through theme of power of humans vs power of nature and that nature is the enemy. Human power is only temporary