Ozymandias

• Ozymandias is presented as a symbol of power and control, but also as a warning against hubris.
• The poem explores the theme of time and its ability to destroy even the most powerful empires and individuals.
• The quote in ozymandias "look on my works ye mighty and despair" suggests that the power of the statue is not enough to stop the world from ending.
• "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
• Nothing beside remains:
• Ozymandias by Percy bysshe shelley.
• Techniques like adjectives help to display power and control in the text
• 'Colossal wreck' - this phrase helps to show the size of the statue but also implies that it has been destroyed or ruined.