Ozymandias GCSE Poetry Notes PDF

Ozymandias t in po w ie V m...

Ozymandias t in po w ie V m e e lis ur iv y es t ex er bo t ct em ra rm ag nt m ru ar Th Co Im Sy Fo St N The poem is based on historical The word " antique land " is used and political context. The poem in the poem to represent very draws on the ancient Egyptian old and decayed land meaning king Rameses III known as how is power is being "Ozymandias " who had control The narrative viewpoint of demolished over time and over the land and wealth at the "Ozymandias " is that of a doesn't have a purpose anymore time. Shelley wrote the poem in second hand account. The. The poem also uses imagery to 1817 , this was the time when poem begins with the speaker describe the power of nature archealogical discoveries of the retelling a story told to them by The poem uses "Ozymandias through time in the quote " two ancient tombs of the Egyptian the traveller : " I met a traveler Pride , Inequality , Bravery , statue" as a symbol of human vast and trunked legs " , this kings were smuggled into Britain from an antique land..., Who Power of nature. In the poem power and authority. It describes the construction of the. The poem reflects on fascinating said". This creates a frame the Ozymandias pride is being represents the potential statue as the legs are very huge The poem "Ozymandias " is monumental ruins and fallen narrative as the reader is not expressed with the inscription on Ozymandias once had as an but they are " trunkless " structured with the method empires symbolising a statue that really witnessing the ruins of his statue : " Look on my works , ancient king of Egypt. The emphasizing the incomplete Petrarchan sonnet. It rhyme once foretold the significance of Ozymandias statue but rather Ye mighty and despair " , this poem also uses " the desert " as fragments of the monuments. The poem "Ozymandias" uses iambic scheme follows follows the the King has now been eroded hearing it from someone else. indicates how no human power a symbol of Nature's power. The Again capturing the effect of pantameter , this is when each line unusual pentrarchan sonnet overtime. Shelley uses this to The distancing effect or hiearchy is eternal , as the vast and lifeless land represents nature through time using the contains ten syllables of unstressed ABABACDCEDEFEF. This oppose the idea of power , in emphasizes the passage of time statue is broken and the word the insignifance of Ozymandias the statue that was once seen as and stressed syllables. For example structure helps to regulate the order words even the greatest as the description is filtered Ozymandias speak of are selfishness as to all his wealth powerful has now been in the line " I met a traveller from an chaotic and fractured nature of king will loose his potential over through multiple voices. meaningless. has now returned tyo dust. demolished by nature. antique land ". power over time. time as to power is never eternal.