ozymandias

• About:

  a statue that has turned into nothingness - power of nature over time will always defeat man.
• Form:

  Sonnet: Love - himself and power
• Structure: Volta (shift )


  " nothing beside remains." - caesura ( a pause )
• "my name is ozymandias, king of kings" - symbolic as he is worshiping power, hyperbole, juxtopostion
• " a shattered visage life " - adjective "shattered" suggesting its beyond repairable due to nature and time
• Context:

  • feud : id - he worships power so much and challenges god
  • patriarchy - he is a victim of patriarchy - believed he has to be powerful