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Distancing
The poet/speaker
distances themselves
from the description of
Ozymandias
, both in time and
space
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Shelley
is writing about a dictator, most people take this to be
Napoleon
who was defeated in 1815
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Shelley is writing
against
the political ruling class in
Britain
The general who defeated
Napoleon
, Lord Wellington, is going to become
Prime Minister
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Shelley
creates
distance
between himself and the antique land he is describing to avoid appearing unpatriotic
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Shelley wants to show that the
thirst
for power and desire to be an
absolute ruler
is as old as history
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Ozymandias' statue
Wrinkled lip
- conveys a sneer, associated with
age
Sneer
- suggests the
ruler
rules with contempt
Told command
- harsh sounding, emphasises the ruler's emotionless,
cold
nature
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The hand that mocked them
Can refer to
Ozymandias
mocking his people, or the sculptor mocking
Ozymandias
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The ruler's heart
Feeding them -
ironic
, as the ruler is cold-hearted and offers his people
nothing
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The sculptor's art has survived
Ozymandias
, outlasting his political
power
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Look on my works ye mighty and despair: 'Ironic - Ozymandias intended this to celebrate his
power
, but now it celebrates the
artist's
power'
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The reference to the
Colossus
of Rhodes is a double illusion - it suggests even mighty symbols of power get
destroyed
, but the Colossus itself was a myth that lived on
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