Ozymandias

• And a wrinkled lip, and a sneer of cold command
• 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty , and despair!'
• Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
• "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains:
• Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
• Ozy comes from which Greek word, Mandias comes from which Greek word?

  Ozyy comes from Ozium meaning 'to breath'

  Mandias comes from Mandate meaning 'to rule'

  Ozymandias has complete control of life.
• Ozymandias uses Caesura- Sentences that are cut short with punctuation to pause the reader to think and focus.
• Key Points in ozymandias

  • Power of nature
  • Arrogance of rulers
  • Power is transient/empemeral/fleeting/futile
• Quote that shows the sculptor was belittled and made fun of/ ironized Ozymandias


  "The hand that mocked them"
• What does 'cold command ' and 'king of kings' use?

  Alliteration, both are unpleasant 'k' sounds
• 'Lone and level sands stretch far away.’
• Shelley uses personification when he says "boundless and bare". This means that the desert is like an empty space waiting for something new to fill it up. Shows power of nature
• “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
• Half sunk a shattered visage lies
• What structure does Ozymandias use, and what is special about it?


  It uses a sonnet until line 9 - showing the fleeting and ephemeral transience of power