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OZYMANDIAS- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
- born 1792
- english romantic poet
- married mary shelley
(author of frankenstein)
- dad was a member of
parliament
- friends with
lord byron
- inspired by william
godwin; freedom
and equality
- went oxford; was
expelled for writing
about atheism
- mary shelley was
william godwin's
daughter
- 1822; drowned
- he had 3 beliefs about the human mind;
emotions (believed in underlying impulses),
imagination (believed it worked hand in
hand with our senses) and memory
(curious as to how it works)
- born 1792
- STRUCTURE
- sonnet; 14 lines
- sonnets are usually used
romantically; suggests
that Ozymandias was in
love with the idea of
power
- sonnets are usually used
romantically; suggests
that Ozymandias was in
love with the idea of
power
- iambic pentameter;
portrays natural
speech
- first person
- dialogue; we should be aware of
the distance between us and the
first hand witness of the story;
representation of time and it's
power
- petrarchan sonnet; in
an octave and sestet
- sonnet; 14 lines
- LANGUAGE
- emjambment; reinforces
that we are hearing a
story; the breaks are
similar to natural speech
- 'stand in the desert...'-
forgotten aspects; we may
question the truth
- extended metaphor
throughout; time is
more powerful than all
living things; time will
outlast everything
- alliteration; 'cold command'-
adds expression. harsh sound
of 'c' allows the reader to
understand the cruelty of
ozymandias
- sarcastic and
full of irony
- paradox; the passion
of the sculptor has
outlived ozymandias
- narrative story
- statue= power
and autority
- 'despair!'- irony- all is
lost to nature; hubris
+ arrogance
- 'colossal wreck'-politics
are overbearing and
impersonal
- emjambment; reinforces
that we are hearing a
story; the breaks are
similar to natural speech
- QUOTES
- 'traveller from an antique land'
- 'trunkless legs of stone'
- 'cold command'
- 'lifeless things'
- 'hand that mock'd them'
- 'colossal wreck'
- 'king of kings'
- 'wrinkled lip'
- 'shatter'd visage lies'
- 'lone and level sands'
- 'traveller from an antique land'
- EXTRA INFO
- mankind is
connected
to nature
- nature; source of
joy and creativity;
has a god-like
presence- can also
be destructful
- great art lasts time
- emotions can
be relived
through art
- tyrany is a
temporary fate
- dictators can be
bought to their
knees
- nature fixes
mans mistakes
- message to the
government; they man
endure the same fate as
ozymadias (ramses II)
- existance is
driven by
power, wealth
and pride
- statue has the
same expression as
ozymandias's reign
- the artists mocks
ozymandias through
his sculpture depiction
- art outlasts the artist
- statue is alone and in
isolation in the desert
- speaker
may not
be honest
- mankind is
connected
to nature
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