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• Statue


  Symbol of power
• Pharos


  Absolute power
• Ozymandias: 'The title refers to Ramses II, an Egyptian Pharaoh who was known for being a tyrant'
• Traveller


  The speaker begins by introducing someone they met – most of the poem is told through that person's story
• Antique land


  'Antique' suggests age – the events happened a long time ago but the memory is still in existence
• Statue


  • Vast but also trunkless–shows his power may have been huge but there was no substance to it, it soon faded away
• Desert and sand


  • Show the isolation of the statue in its environment – the sands surround this one example of humanity. Perhaps a civilisation has been destroyed?
• Sunk and shattered visagemiddle

  • The verbs 'sunk' and 'shattered' show nature has eroded and destroyed this symbol of human power. This suggests the natural environment will always outlast any human settlement, reminding us of our own mortality; even the most powerful kings will turn to dust
• Wrinkled lip and cold command

  • Give an evil impression of Ozymandias as a ruler
• Ozymandias: 'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
• Ozymandias' words on the pedestal

  • Show his inflated opinion of himself. He was clearly a tyrannical ruler who seemed to use his power to punish others. When he addresses the "Mighty" he could have been talking to the gods, suggesting his deluded opinion of himself
• Decay and wreck


  • Symbolise the legacy of Ozymandias, nothing but crumbling stone that is turning to dust. The oxymoron "colossal wreck" suggests the fragile nature of human power – even the mightiest will fall
• Lone and level sands stretch far away

  • The verb "stretch" suggests that nature will outlast man and humanity – our place on this earth is only temporary and is no match for our natural environment and time
• The writers of both 'Ozymandias' and 'London' use setting

  To convey conflict and power