ozymandias

• what form is ozymandias?

  Sonnet
• why is ozymandias written in a sonnet?

  the show how much ozymandias loved himself > egotistical

  or

  king george II who was the tyrant leader during the time of this poem
• what type of poet was percy shelley?

  romantic - glorified nature
• who wrote ozymandias?

  Percy Bysshe Shelley
• “boundless and bare” 


  shows the vast empty space left by nature. the power of nature. how power is ephemeral.
• why is ozymandias in 1st person?

  • highlight how he isn’t worth visiting
  • he isn’t important
• 1 stanza highlights?

  juxtaposes the power of ozy - he is no longer sturdy + one
• irregular iambic pentameter?

  reflect the brokeness of the people

  or

  ozymandias lack of power
• “sneer of cold command“


  • his lack of empathy - egotistical
  • the people were forced to follow his rules

  ”sneer”

  • mocking them - heartless
  • selfish
  • arrogant
• “my name is ozymandias, king of kings!”


  views him as god like, omnipotent

  • we only know of him because of the traveller - ironic
  • reflect his self centred view on himself
  • corrupt ways of ruling - king george?
• ”colossal wreck”


  oxymoron + metaphor

  • the power he had was transferred to the wreckage when he died
• “lone and level sands”


  he is now equal to nature, nature has taken over.

  power of nature
• consonance - harsh ‘c’ sound

  • lack of compassion towards his people
• “trunkless legs” - oxymoron
• “the hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed”
• “ye mighty and despair”
• “nothing beside remains” - ironic
• “shattered visage” - personification